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EARLY twelve years have elapsed 
since the members of the class of 
'90 met for the first time on the 
steps of the old college chapel. 
Forty-three men were then enrolled with the 
class. Eight years ago we were enjoy- 
ing senior vacation, a body of thirty -six. 
During the college course forty-eight men 
in all were connected with the class, every 
one of whom has been heard from for the 
biographical sketches included in this volume. 

Of the thirty-six graduate members twenty- 
one are married, with a progeny of eleven 
boys and eleven girls. The fact that Ham- 
ilton college is not coeducational seems to 
have no influence upon the sex of the new 
generation. Miss Katharine Day Kittinger 
was born June 17, 1892, and is the oldest 
child. 

The following is a summary of the present 



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occupations of the graduates, three nai 
being used twice. 

Assistant superintendent telephone exch., i 

Clergymen, 8 

College instructors, 2 

College librarian, 1 

College professors, 2 

Insurance broker, 1 

Journalists, 2 

Lawyers, 8 

Manufacturers, 2 

Merchants, 2 

Musician, 1 

Physicians, 3 

Superintendent of schools, 1 

Teachers, 4 

Traveling salesman, 1 

Of the sometime members, nine out of 
the twelve are married. Seven boys and 
one girl make their hearts glad. 

The object of the "Documentary history" 
has been to record not only events that 
were direclly connected with the class, but 
epoch-making events in connection with the 
college. Many facts, unimportant in them- 
selves, are included merely to show the 
temper of the time. When '90 was in its 
freshman year nearly all of the college men 
roomed in the dormitories on the campus. 
The D. K. E. house had been burned during 
the summer of '86, consequently only the 



Preface ix 

houses owned by Sigma Phi, Alpha Delta 
Phi, Psi Upsilon, and Chi Psi were standing. 
Before graduation, however, we saw the 
houses of Delta Upsilon, Delta Kappa Epsilon, 
and Theta Delta Chi built. In Hamilton col- 
lege, then, the class of '90 saw something 
both of the dormitory life and the chapter- 
house life. A custom in full vogue in '86-7 
was that of carrying lunches. Every student, 
nearly, had his lunch basket with him when 
he went on to the hill in the morning after 
breakfast. Other customs that '90 helped 
in breaking or establishing are mentioned in 
the body of the volume. 

I regret that all have not been able to 
furnish late photographs for the groups. 
One or two additions should be made to 
the biographies. Root is at present war 
correspondent for the New York Sun at Key 
West, Fla. Minor has become ('98) a mem- 
ber of the Buffalo ( N. Y. ) university club. 
The home address of Phillips is 311 North 
Seventh street, Allentown, Pa. The business 
address of Miller is 52 Broadway, New York. 
Gilday is connected with the Royal League 
fraternal life insurance company, instead of 
real estate agency. 

I am most grateful to all the members of 
the class who have so promptly answered 
the many communications of the secretary. 

"In parting," our valedidorian should have 



Class of isoo 



said (see page i s <». last line). 'I will not 
>.tv good-by, but farewell until we meet 
again '" on the college campus in 1900, every 
mother's son of us. 

M. G. I). 
Clinton. N. Y., 
May 24, 1898. 




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Preface . 




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Anthony 




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Benton 












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Burton 












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Conklin 












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Covell 












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Crockett 












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Dodge 












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Kreutzer 












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Lewis 












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Mead 










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Minor 










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Moore 










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Perine 










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Phillips 










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Popoff 










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Rodgers 










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Root 










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Seavey 










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Sharp 










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Smith 










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Smyth 










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Stevens 










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Theodoroff . 










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Tooley 










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Gibson 










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Gildav 










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Lee 










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McAniff 










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Mc Giffert . 










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Mills 










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Rudd 










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Stewart 










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Wallace 










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Wight 










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Willard 










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Documentary History 

Freshman Year 

Sophomore Year 

Junior Year 

Senior Year 

1897-8 
Class Schemes 

Banquet 

Prize Declamation 

Campus-day 

Class-day 

Clark Prize 

Prize Debate 

Commencement 
Prizes 

Freshman Year 

Sophomore Year 

Junior Year 

Senior Year 
Library of Political Science 
Clark Prize Oration 
Pruyn Medal Oration 
Head Prize Oration 
Kirkland Prize Oration 
Kellogg Prize Oration . 
Valedictory Oration 



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GRADUATE MEMBERS 




GRflDUflte m€mB€R$ 

CHARLES HERBERT ANTHONY was 
born at Gouverneur, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1868. 
Prepared for college at Gouverneur Wes- 
leyan seminary. <* Psi Upsilon. Theta 
Nu Epsilon. <* Entered with '89 ; Member of 
that class, '85 -Jan., '87 ; of '90, May, '87-90. 
<*, Junior diredor, Tennis association, C h&tles H . Anthony, 
'88-9. Captain, Bicycle club, '88-9. Manufacturer, 

Treasurer, Democratic tariff-reform Gouverneur, N. Y. 
club, '88. Senior delegate, New York State in- 
tercollegiate athletic association (business meet- 
ing), Syracuse, Jan., '90. Manager, Baseball 
association, '89-90. <x Senior delegate, Psi 
Upsilon convention, Providence, R. I., May, '90. 
* Member, Presentation committee, Class-day. 
A A. B. A Brick manufacturer, Gouverneur, 
'94-. Member, firm of Smith (H. C.) & Antho- 
ny, Brick manufacturers, '94-; G. L. Van- 
Namee Manufacturing Co., Steel trucks and 
hardware specialties, '95 -. ^ Member, Board 
of directors, Bank of Gouverneur, '92-. <x 
m. Adelaide Lorraine Parlin, Gouverneur, April 
12, '93. Children, Marjorie Parlin, b. Gouv- 
erneur, Aug. 17, '94 ; Constance Emerson, 
b. Gouverneur, July 6, '96. 



4 Class of wo 

fg AMES ROBERT BENTON was born at 
.1 Utica, N. V.. September 21, 1868. Pre- 
/■ pared lor college at the Clinton grammar 

£^ school, a Alpha Delta Phi. Theta Nu 
l.psilon. A Left field, College baseball team. 
'88-cx). A A. B. <x Farmer. QintOfl, 00-2. 
James R. Benton, ^"7- Title searcher. Union Trust 
Assistant Superintendent Company. Detroit. Mich.. \)2 - '->. 
Telephone Exchange, Assistant superintendent. Central New 
Utica, N. Y. York Telephone and Telegraph Co.. 

Utica. '97 - . <x Contributor. "'Grouse, still 
hunting,'* Outing, 23:215-7 (\)cc. '93) ; 'Squir- 
rels in brown October. " lb.. 2=,:2i-} (Oct.. '94) : 
" With the upland plover. " lb.. 28:433-5 (Sept.. 
g6) : " Winter day with the ducks. " lb.. 
2q:24Q-si (Dec. '96) ; "One day last summer 
bass fishing. " Fores/ and Stream. 43 : 380- 1 
(Nov. }. Q4) : "The Carlin grouse.' lb.. 40: 
2*>i (Mar. 21. '96) : numerous sketches and 
rhymes. New York 5////. Detroit Journal, 
Detroit Tribune. 



<M AMHS BURTON was born at Albany. 

*■ N. Y.. August 31, 1868. Prepared forcol- 
/■ lege at Albany academy. A Alpha Delta 
Q^ Phi. Theta Nu Epsilon. <x Secretary. 
Tennis association, '88-9 ; President, '89-90. <* 
Senior delegate. Alpha Delta Phi convention. 
Rochester, May, '90. A Prize. Brock- 
wav entrance examination. Second Munson 






Graduate mentors 5 

prize in German. Gold Curran medal in Latin 
and Greek. f x Member. General committee, 
d, Department honors in German. James Burton, 
and Latin. High honor oration. Phi Physician and Surgeon, 
Beta Kappa. A. B. <* Teacher of Cooperstown, N. Y. 
mathematics and sciences-, Delaware literary in- 
stitute, Franklin, '90-1. Student, Albany med- 
ical college, '91-4 ; M. D. ; Essayist of class. 
Medical interne, St. Lawrence State hospital, 
Ogdensburg, '94. Physician and surgeon, 

Gilbertville, Mass., '95-6 ; Cooperstown, N. Y., 
'96-. & Member, Board of trustees, Hamilton 
college Y. M. C. A., '90; Massachusetts State 
medical society, '95-6 ; Otsego county medi- 
cal society, '96- ; Treasurer, '96- . <x Contrib- 
utor, "The blood in the insane," ^American 
Journal of Insanity, 51 : 495-502 (Apr., 95). 
<X m. May Ramsey Curtiss, Albany, April 24, 
'95. Child, Margaret Curtiss, b. Coopers- 
town, Dec. 5, '96. <x Cousins, James B. 
Rodgers, '85 ; Albert H. Rodgers, '90. 



€UGENE LANDON CONKLIN was born 
at Southold, N. Y., May 28, 1866. Pre- 
pared for college at Southold academy. 
<X Emerson Literary Society. A Proph- 
et, Class supper. A Senior di- Eogcnc L# Conklin, 
re&or, Athletic association, '89-90. Clergyman, 

A Member, Board of editors, Ham- L«Roy, N.Y. 
//ton %ev/ew, '90. <x President, Class-day. A 



Class of »*o 

A. B. A. ML, ^4. A Student, Unitarian 
theol ■" _ :lle. Pa., qo-i. 

Pastor. Universalist church. Clarendon. N 
Qi-4 : Le Roy. 04-. Ordained. Clarendon. June. 
Agnes Chloe Richardson, Webster. 
Sept. Child. Florence Jeannei: 

LeRoy. July 1. 



£DDY CLARK COVELL was born at 
Cazenovia. . II, 1866. 

Prepared for college at Cazenovia 
in3ry. A Delta Kappa Epsilon. Theta 
Epsilon. a Entered with 89 ; Member of 
that cba of 90. 87-cK). A 

E3dv C Covcll, ^ rSt Underwood P r 

jlcchant, nd McKinney prize in declama- 

N.Y. tion. Junior year, a Contributor. 
•The estimate of Matthew Arnold upon our 
American civilization. ' Hamilton Literary 
Monthly : ^$-9 (Jan.. Sq). A Member. 
Senior ball committee. A A. B. a Student 
of chemistry, geology, and physics. Massachu- 
setts institute of technology. Boston, oo - 1 : 
School of mines. Columbia unive 
York. : A. M. Manufacturer. Custom 

and ready-made clothing : and Dealer in boots 
and shoes, hats and caps, and gents' furnishings. 
Cazeno. : A m. Isabelle Barrington 

Gilbe April 10 



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Graduate members 7 

ILLIAM DAY CROCKETT was born 
at Sterling, N. Y., June 16, 1869. 
Prepared for college at the Sandy 
Creek high school. <* Emerson 
Literary Society. <& Sophomore delegate, 
Y. M. C. A. State convention, New York, Feb., 
'88 ; Junior delegate, Watertown, Wiffiam a Crockatv 
Feb., '89. Corresponding secretary, Clergyman and Author, 
College Y. M. C. A., '88-9. Delegate, Ganton, Pa. 

Mr. Moody's summer school for college stu- 
dents, Northfield, Mass., '87, '89, '90. ^ Sec- 
ond prize, Mile walk, New York State intercol- 
legiate athletic association (field meeting), Syra- 
cuse, May, '90. <* Second place, Brockway 
entrance examination. First prize, E. L. S. 
Sophomore debate. Hawley medal in Greek 
and Latin. <x Member, Board of editors, Ham- 
ilton Review, '88 - Dec, '89. Contributor, " The 
estimate of Matthew Arnold upon our American 
civilization," Hamilton Literary Monthly, 2} : 
196-8 (Jan., '89) ; " A practical side to evolu- 
tion," lb., 24: 127-8 (Dec, '89); " Ben-Hur : 
a tale of the Christ," Hamilton Review, 1 : 149-50 
(Mar., '88). <x High honor oration. Phi Beta 
Kappa. A. B. A. M., '9s. <X Student, and 
Assistant librarian, Auburn theological semi- 
nary, 90-3. Delegate, American inter-seminary 
missionary alliance convention, Allegheny, Pa., 
Oct., '90; Nashville, Tenn., Oct., '91 ; Auburn, 
N. Y., Oct., '92 ; Chairman, Executive com- 
mittee of the alliance, '92-3. Corresponding 



Class of wo 

•nary mquirv. Auburn 
theological seminary, ui-;. Ordained, Canton, 
Pa.. Nov. 24 Pastor, First Pr< 

church. Canton, q;-. Corresponding editor. 
UM Presbyterian. qt>-. a. Commis- 
sioner. Synod of Pennsylvania, '96. Moderator. 



Presbvterv of Lackawann. 



A Author. 



"The Books of the Kings of Judah and Israel : 
A Harmony of the Books of Samuel. King- 
Chronicles, in the Text of the Version 
New York. Eaton & Mains. Q7: square 8vo. 
?p. x — J65 : -Alter Five and Sixty > 
An Historical Handbook Issued in Commemora- 
tion of the Sixty-fifth Anniversary of the First 
Presbyterian Church of Canton. Pennsylvania. 
Sunday. December 5 Canton. Pa.. 

Sentinel Pres> mo. pp. ^o. 



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Ion. 



Melvin G. Dodge, 

Librarian, 

Hamilton College, 

Clinton, N. Y. 



ELVIN GILBhRT DODGE was born 
at East Rodman. N. Y., Feb. 
1868. Prepared for college at Adams 
collegiate institute. <* Delta Upsi- 
Treasurer. Tennis association. '88-9 : 
Senior director, '89-90. Referee. College field- 
day. M a Junior delegate. 
Y. M. C. A. State convention. V 
tertown. Feb.. '89. Member. E 
utive committee. White cross league. 
A Junior d Delta Upsilon 



'89 -go. 

convention. Cleveland. O. 



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Graduate members 9 

Delta Upsilon editor, 'go Hamiltonian. A As- 
sistant to Professor Chester in the Chemical 
laboratory, '89-90. A Member, General com- 
mittee. A Honor oration. Phi Beta Kappa. 
A. B. A. M., '94. A Tutor at E. P. Powell's, 
and Assistant in the department of chemistry, 
Hamilton college, '90-1 ; Assistant in the de- 
partment of chemistry, Assistant librarian, and 
(spring term) Instructor in mathematics, '91-2. 
Student of chemistry (summer course), Harvard 
university, Cambridge, Mass., '92. Librarian, 
and Assistant professor of chemistry, Hamilton 
college, '92-6 ; Librarian, '96- ; Clerk of the 
faculty, '94-. Dire&or, Nature school, Greenacre- 
on-the-Piscataqua, Eliot, Me., '97 (summer). ^ 
Member, Board of trustees, Hamilton college 
Y. M. C. A., '90. Marshal, New York Epsi- 
lon of Phi Beta Kappa, '92-3 ; Assistant secre- 
tary, '93-. Member, Executive committee, 
General society of Hamilton alumni, '92 - 6. 
Secretary and treasurer, Hamilton college athletic 
association, '92-5 ; Treasurer, '95-. Librarian, 
Delta Upsilon fraternity, '94-. Permanent secre- 
tary, Class of '90, Hamilton college, '97-. a, 
University extension lecTure before the Central 
New York farmers' club, Utica, " Farmers' libra- 
ries and home culture," April, '92; "Well 
water and sewerage, " Mar., '93. <X Contrib- 
utor, " Report of the librarian for '94-5, " Ham- 
ilton Literary [Monthly, 29 : 349-50 (June, '95) ; 
Same for '95-6, Hamilton Literary (Magazine, 



lo 



Class of wo 



n. s., i : 18-20 (June, '96) ; Sam -7. lb., 

11-3 (June. Q7). «x Editor, "Alexander 

Hamilton. Thirty-one orations delivered at Ham- 
ilton college from 1864 to 1895 upon the prize 
foundation established by Franklin Harvey Head. 
A. M. : New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons, go : 
pp. X-f-2IO; (withl). W. E. Burke. '93), "The 
(.lark-Prize Book. Containing an account of 
the foundation and history of the prize, the suc- 

rul orations, and a complete list of subj< 
and competitors : * Clinton. Published by the 
editors. 04: pp. j6j : "A History of the ( 
of \Sqo. Hamilton college : Clinton. Kirkland 
press. qS : pp. <x Member. Oneida county 

historical society. American historical 

association, "qv : American association for the 
advancement of science. '95-5 : American chem- 
ical society, qvo : American library assoc 
tion. 94- : New York State library association. 
Q4- : Audobon society of the State of N 
York. 07- . Associate member. Brooklyn eth- 
ical association, g;-. Honorary member. Cen- 
tral New York farmers' club. Q2- . A Uncle. 
Anson Ballard. 4-. 



£MORY LHROY EVANS was born at 
North Walton. N. Y.. Oct. 4. 1861. 
Prepared for college at Delaware liter- 
ary institute. Franklin. a Emerson 
Literary Society, a A. B. <x Student. Auburn 



Graduate members 1 1 

theological seminary, 90-3. Supply, Congre- 
gational church, Columbus, '90 (sum- Emofy u Evans> 
mer) ; Presbyterian church, Manlius, Clergyman, 

'92-3. Ordained, Ticonderoga, Sept. Gasport, N. Y. 
6, '93. Pastor, Congregational church, Ticon- 
deroga, '93-4; Gainesville, '95-6; Gasport, 
'97-. & m. Louie May Hill, Syracuse, Sept. 
26, '93. <& Brother, Hymen A. Evans, '90. 



YMEN AUGUSTUS EVANS was born 
at North Walton, N. Y., Dec. 21, 
1864. Prepared for college at Dela- 
ware literary institute, Franklin. A 
Emerson Literary Society. A Member, Pre- 
sentation committee. A A. B. A Hymen A. Evans, 
Student, Buffalo law school, '90-I. Lawyer and Teacher, 
Principal, and Teacher of English Ian- Rome, N. Y. 
guage and literature, Evans academy, Peterboro, 
91-2. Student of law, oifice of Stone, Gannon, 
& Pettit, Syracuse, '92 (summer). Principal, 
public school, Rensselaerville, '92-3; Cedarville, 
'93-4. Supervisor, and Instructor, Central 
New York institution for deaf-mutes, Rome, 
'94-. Student of law, office of Hon. Isaac J. 
Evans, Rome, '94-6. Admitted to the bar, 
Rochester, July 29, '96. Attorney and coun- 
selor at law, Rome, '96-. Senior member, 
Law firm of Evans & Cagwin (W. J.), '96-. 
A Brother, Emory L. Evans, '90. 







\2 Class of wo 

CI ARI NCE JAMES GEER was born at 
Merrickville. Can., Nov. 21, 18 
Prepared for college .it Mynderse acad- 
emy, Seneca Falls, N. V. a, Psi Upsi- 

lon. Theta Nu Epsilon. ck Pitcher. College 
baseball team. *8o-c>o. Sophomore direct..;. 

Clarence J. Geer, Athletic association. '87-8. Vice- 
Teacher, president, Tennis association. '81 
Shadyside Academy, a, Junior appointment. Mc Kinney 
Pittsburg, Pa. prize contest in declamation. Men- 
Res. 204 Dithredge St. tIon Kellogg prize contest tor Eng- 
lish essays, ••The Clytemnestra of /Eschylus 
and the Lady Macbeth of Shakespeare. " junior 
year. A Psi Upsilon editor, go Hamiltonian. 
A Contributor. " Lucile, " Hamilton Literary 
(Monthly. 22 : 100-8 (Feb.. '88) : "Jaques. the 
modern reformer. " lb., 24 : 2^-4 (Mar.. 90). 
A Chairman. Invitation committee. & Credit 
group. A. B. a Teacher of English and 
classics. Clinton grammar school. '90-1. AcTing 
professor of rhetoric and elocution. Peabody 
normal college, university of Nashville, Tenn.. 
q\-2. Teacher of classics. Nashville academic 
school. '92-4. Head of English department. 
Shadyside academy. Pittsburg. Pa., 04-. * 
Member, Association of the preparatory schools 
of the Middle States and Maryland, 04-. & 
Brothers. George H. Geer. '95 : Leroy T. 
Geer, 00. 



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Graduate members 13 

RANK GIBBONS was born at Franklin, 
N. Y., Jan. 17, 1869. Prepared for 
college at Delaware literary institute, 
Franklin. & Delta Kappa Epsilon. 
Theta Nu Epsilon. A Secretary and treasurer, 
College whist club, '88-9. & Senior delegate, 
Delta Kappa Epsilon convention, Ffank GibbonSf 
Boston, Mass., Oct., '89. A Haw- Lawyer, 

ley medal in Greek and Latin. First Buffalo, N. Y. 
Munson prize in German. a Delta 0fficc > 8J6 Guaranty Bldg. 
Kappa Epsilon editor, 'go Hamiltonian. & 
Credit group. A. B. <& Student, Buffalo law 
school, '90-1; Law office of F. M. Inglehart, 
Buffalo, '91-4 ; Managing clerk, same office, 
'93-4. Admitted to the bar, Rochester, Oct., 
'92. Attorney and counselor at law, Buffalo. 
'92- . Member, Law firm of Wood ( Lyndon 
D. ) & Gibbons, '95-6 ; Wood, Gibbons, & 
Pottle (Henry W. ), '96-7; Gibbons & Pottle, 
'97-. t* Member, University club of Buffalo, 
'94- • 



CHARLES OLIVER GRAY was born at 
Heuvelton, N. Y., June 3, 1867. Pre- 
pared for college at Ogdensburg free 
academy. <x Delta Kappa Epsilon. 
Theta Nu Epsilon. <x Second prize, Throwing 
the hammer, New York State intercollegiate 
athletic association (field meeting), Syracuse, 



4 Class of i$oc 

First prize, simc event. College field- 
CharUs O. Gray, d ' iv : i ft. 9 in. : Cler* 

Clergyman, the course. College tield-d 

Smithtown Branch, N.Y. '$g . * Member, Executive com- 
mittee. Democratic tariff-reform club. "88. * 
lior delegate. Delta Kappa Epsilon convention. 
Boston. M. ^q. A Senior delegate. 

Y. M. C. A. State convention. Binghamton. 
\. y. f Feb.. go. * Contributor. The present 
government of France does not give promiseof 
Stability," Hamilton Literary (Monthly. 24:8-10 
(June. '89). Member. Board of editors. Ham- 
ilton Literary (Monthly. '88-9 : Exchange editor. 
"89-90. * Appointment. " The Touchstone of 
• As you like it ' and the Fool of ' King Lear. 
Clark prize contest in original oratory. a 
Credit group. A. B. A. M.. '9^. * Principal, 
and teacher of Latin and mathematics. Union 
school. Heuvelton. '90-1. Student, Union 
theological seminary. New York. '91-4. Mission 
work, Merrill. Wis.. '92 (summer). Student of 
comparative religions. University of the city of 
New York. '92-3. Ordained. New York. Apr. 
11. 93. Pastor. Presbyterian church. Smith- 
town Branch. 94-. * Commissioner. Synod 
of New York. '95, '97. Moderator. Presbytery 
of Nassau, '96. A m. Florence Irene Rollins. 
Brooklyn. June 6. 93. Children. Charles Oliver, 
jr.. b. Smithtown Branch. Mar. 2^. 04 : 
Edward Rutherford, b. Smithtown Branch, July 
26. 06. * Brother. Alfred W. Gray. 



Graduate members 15 

Sgk INCOLN ABRAHAM GROAT was born 
m I at Davenport, N. Y., March 25, 1865. 
fl p Prepared for college at Delaware literary 
MmA institute, Franklin. «x Delta Kappa 
Epsilon. <* Mention, Kellogg prize contest for 
English essays, " Plantation life in the colony 
of Virginia, " Freshman year. Junior appoint- 
ment, Mc Kinney prize contest in LincoIn ^ Gw ^ 
declamation. Second Munson prize Lawyer, 

in French. Silver Currran medal Buffalo, N. Y. 
in Greek and Latin. Second McKinney Office, 403 Main St. 
prize, in the twenty -third extemporaneous 
debate. <* Contributor, " The present govern- 
ment of France gives promise of stability, " 
Hamilton Literary {Monthly, 24:5-8 (June, 
'89); ''The democratic movement," lb., 
24 1260-2 (Mar., '90). d. Member, Invitation 
committee. A Department honor in Latin. 
High honor oration. Valedidory. Phi Beta 
Kappa. A. B. <* Principal, and teacher of 
Latin and Greek, Unadilla academy, '90-3. 
Student, Buffalo law school, '93 - 4 ; LL. B. 
Admitted to the bar, Buffalo, June 8, '94. 
Secretary, and attorney for The Niagara Falls 
Power Company, Niagara Falls, '95-7. Attorney 
and counselor at law, Buffalo, '97-. Member, 
Law firm of Roberts (James A. ), Becker 
(Tracy C), Messer (L. Franklin), & Groat, '97-. 
A Contributor to the Class history, " The 
present low estimate of the individual, " and 
"Valedictory address delivered June 26, '90. " 



\6 Class of wo 

A in. Katharine Elizabeth Dewey. Franklin. 
Oft. 28, Qb. 



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OBHRT JAMhS HUGHHS was born 
at Steuben, N. Y., April 9, 1869. 
Prepared for college at Utica free 
academy. A Delta Upsilon. * 
President. Class supper. * Manager, and 
first tenor, College glee club, '88-90. Second 
tenor, College choir, '87-90 ; Leader of choir, 
89-90. Tenor soloist, Reformed church, Utica, 
90. A Senior delegate. Delta Upsilon 
convention, Syracuse, Oct., '89. & Mention, 
Robert J. Hughes, Kellogg prize contest for English 
Teacher and Musician, essays, ''Charles Kingsley's deline- 
Baltimore, Md. ations of the Teutons. " Sophomore 
Johns Hopkins University, year. First McKinney prize in 

declamation, Junior year. First Southworth 
prize in physics. Clark prize in original oratory, 
" Victor Hugo, poet and patriot.'* <x Contrib- 
utor, " Thoreau as an interpreter of nature," 
Hamilton Literary (Monthly, 22 1121-4 (Dec, 
'87); " Victor Hugo, poet and patriot." lb., 
2s:i-s (June, 90) ; same in the Clark Tri;e 
Hook, pp. 338-44 : also in the Class history. 
Composer (with E. R. Whitney, '89), music 
for "Scollard's serenade," Hamilton Literary 
(Monthly, 23:430 (May, '89) ; also in 'go Ham- 
ilton ian, p. 88. A Orator, Campus-day. & 
Credit group. A. B. A. M., '93. * Vice- 



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principal, and teacher of French, German, and 
science, Mexico academy, '90-1. Principal, 
Gloversville high school, '91-5. Tenor, and 
director of First M. E. church choir, Gloversville, 
91 - 4. Tenor soloist, First Baptist church, 
Gloversville, '95 ; Oheb Sholom temple, Balti- 
more, Md., '95- ; Tenor soloist, and director 
of choir of the Associate reformed church, '95-. 
Student of Indo-European comparative philology, 
Johns Hopkins university, Baltimore, '95 - 6. 
Private tutor in Greek, Latin, and math- 
ematics, for Johns Hopkins university, '96-. 
& Member, American ornithological union, 
'85-90; New York State music teachers' 
association, '91-2 ; Member, and director, 
Gloversville vocal society, '91-5; Member, 
Baltimore music thieves, '95 - 6 ; Baltimore 
manuscript society, 96- ; Baltimore oratorio 
society, 95-. . 



tfgOSEPH DARLING IBBOTSON, Jr., was 
* I born at Binghamton, N. Y., Sept. 25, 
/I 1869. Prepared for college at Richfield 
fa^k Springs academy. A Chi Psi. «* 
Junior delegate, Y. M. C. A. international con- 
vention, Philadelphia, Pa., May, '89. Senior 
vice-president, College Y. M. C. A., '89-90; 
Manager, Reading-room, '89-90. a Mention, 
Kellogg prize contest for English essays, 'The 
history and romance of the Nile," Junior year. 



i8 Class of itw 

A Contributor, "Ralph Waldo Emerson/' 
Hamilton literary (Monthly, 22:159-60 (Dec., 

Joseph D. ibbotson, jr., "The United States should 

Clergyman and Professor, maintain the independence of 
Hamilton College, Samoa. " lb., 2}l}ll-) (Apr. '8 
Clinton, N. Y. .- The future of me c , VcJ> , b 

24:249-50 (Mar., uo> : " By starlight and sum 
lb., 25:250-5 (Mar.. 01). A Prophet. CI 
day. A A. R. A. M.. 94. a Assistant to 
the librarian, Hamilton college. «->o-i. Traveled 
in France. Switzerland, and Germany, "qi 
immer). Student (with special work in 
Hebrew, and church history >. Union theological 
seminary, New York. ui-4. Home missionary. 
Joplin. Mo.. g2 ( summer ) : Presbyterian 
church. Axton. N. V.. 93 (summer). Organized 
Italian boys' club. 148 Mulberry street. New 
York. '93. Student. Early church history, and 
life of Christ, university of Berlin, Germany. 
Q4 (winter semester) : English literature, 
university at Halle, q^ (summer semester). 
Traveled in Belgium. Germany, and Italy, '94-5. 
Assistant professor of English literature. Ham- 
ilton college. q=»-o: Associate professor of 
English literature and Anglo-Saxon. q6-. 
Ordained as evangelist, Clinton. Jan. 22. 
Acting pastor. Congregational church, Onskany 
Falls. Q7-. A Superintendent of Sunday- 
school. Stone Presbyterian church. Clinton. 
Q6-7. Commissioner. Synod of New York. 
'96. * Paper. " A Protestant of the second 



Graduate members 19 

century," before the Utica ministers' association, 
Dec. 28, '96 ; " Theological study in Germany," 
before the Kappa Nu society, Utica, Nov. 1, '97. 
<X Member, Kappa Nu society, Utica, '96- ; 
New York Epsilon of Phi Beta Kappa, '96-. 
<X m. Hedwig Tappe, Wernigerode, Germany, 
July 25, '9=). Children, Mary Matilda, b. Clin- 
ton, N. Y., June 28, '96 ; Edward Dunscomb, 
b. Clinton, Aug. 19, 97. 



Ifkdk ARRY DAY K,TT,NGER was born at 

Bjjfc Lockport, N. Y., Jan. 30. 1867. ^ Ye - 
wta P arec * f° r co ^ e g e at Lockport union 
*WLj school. <*, Emerson Literary Society. 
<k Freshman director. College athletic associa- 
tion, '86-7. Second prize, 2-mile Harry D. Kittinger, 
bicycle race, New York State inter- Manufacturer, 
collegiate athletic association (field New York, N. Y. 
meeting), Syracuse, May, '87; also Res. Englewood, N. J. 
at Rochester, May, '88 ; First prize, same 
event, Albany, May, '89, 7 m. 37 sec. ; Second 
prize, Running high jump, Albany, May, '89 ; 
also at Syracuse, May, '90 ; Senior delegate 
(business meeting), Syracuse, Mar. 19, '90. 
Manager of intercollegiate from the College 
athletic association, '89-90. First prize, Running- 
high jump, College field-day, May, '89, 5 ft. 
1 in. ; also May, '90, 5 ft. 2 in. «fc Second 
Mc Kinney prize in declamation, Freshman 
year. <x Member, Board of editors, Hamilton 



Class of wo 

f\t i 3 -c>u : Business manager, * 

Credit group. A. B. & Student. School of 
law, Columbia university, and clerk in law 
office ot Logan & Deming. New York. qo-i. 
Assistant cashier of the Niagara Fire Insurance 
company, New York. ^2-4. In charge of 
insurance department of the Jarvis. Conklin 
Mortgage Trust company. t^j-fr. Accountant for 
law firm of Curtis. Mallet-Prevost. & Colt : 
Amenia Mining company : Landon Iron com- 
pany : Landon Furnace company. New York. 
'96-7. President. Landon Furnace company, 
and Treasurer. American Optical company. 
07- . Office. ;o Broad street. New York. 
A m. Rosalie Spang Henry, Brooklyn. June 
30. qi. Children. Katharine Day, b. Brooklyn. 
June 17. Q2 : Lloyd, b. Brooklyn. Oct. *i, 
04. A Brother. Ferdinand A. Kittinger. en. 



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ILLIAM ULRIC KREUTZER was born 
at Lyons, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1868. 
Prepared for college at Lyons union 
school, * Psi Upsilon. Theta Nu 
Epsilon. <* Junior director, College baseball 
association. "88-q. * Contributor, various 
William U. Krcuuer, artic,es in W Hamiltonian ; 'Col- 
Lawyer, lege items,'* Clinton Courier, '88-90. 
Lyons, N. Y. a A. B. * Student of law, office 
R«&, 104 William St of Camp & Dun well. Lyons, '90-3. 
Admitted to the bar. Rochester. March 30. qj : 



Graduate members 21 

Treasurer of the March, '93 law class. Attorney 
and counselor at law, Lyons, '93-. <x Con- 
tributor, "An estimate of Faust," a poem, 
Hamilton Literary (Monthly, 28:217 (Feb., '94). 
A Brother, Frederick M. Kreutzer, Dartmouth, 
92. 



CALVIN LESLIE LEWIS was born at 
Ninevah, N. Y., May 16, 1868. Pre- 
pared for college at Deposit union 
school. A Delta Kappa Epsilon. 
Theta Nu Epsilon. ^ President, Class of '90. 
A Junior vice-president, Tennis association, 
'88-9. Captain, Class baseball club, CaIvin u Lcwis> 
'88-90. Right field, College baseball Insurance Broker, 
club, '88-90. President, College New York, N. Y. 
athletic association, '89-90. Senior Office, 100 William St. 
delegate, New York State intercollegiate athletic 
association (business meeting), Syracuse, March, 
'90. Leader, Freshman glee club. Second bass, 
College glee club, '86-90. First bass, College 
choir, '87-8 ; second bass. '88-90. Vice-pres- 
ident, Democratic tariff-reform club, '88. <* 
Sophomore delegate, Delta Kappa Epsilon con- 
vention, Chicago, 111., Oct., '87. <* First 
Mc Kinney prize in declamation, Sophomore 
year. & Sophomore response, '88 Campus- 
day. & Contributor, " The college poetry of 
Longfellow and Holmes," Hamilton Literary 
Monthly, 22:157-8 (Jan., '88). A A. B. A 



22 Glass of wo 

Teacher of English, St. John's military school. 
Manlius. N. Y., '90-1 : English language and 

literature. Michigan military academy. Orchard 
Lake. Mich., gi-4. Teacher of vocal culture. 
Walton, N. Y.. q; (summer). Junior member, 
firm of S. S. Doolittle & Co.. general insurance. 
Deposit. '04-6. With Pate & Robb. insurance 
brokers, 100 William street. New York. '96-. 
Home address. 107 James place. Brooklyn. A 
m. Edith Wood Brooks, Brooklyn. Dec 27. '93. 
Child. William Leslie, b. Deposit. Nov. 17 



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ILL1AM RANSFORD LOOMIS was 
born at Norwich. N. Y.. Feb. 14. 
1870. Prepared for college at Nor- 
wich union school. A Hmerson 
Literary Society. A Second prize. F. L S. 
Sophomore debate. Junior appointment. Mc- 
William R. Loomis, Kinney prize contest in declamation. 
Lawyer, A Member. Board of editors. Ham- 

Norwich, N. Y. //ton Literary Monthly, '88-9 ; Local 
editor, 89-90. A A. B. A Student, School 
of law. Columbia university. New York. 90-5 ; 
LL. B. Admitted to the bar, Utiea. Sept. 2;. 
'93. Law clerk, firm of Morse, Livermore, & 
Griffin, 10 Wall St.. New York "03-4. Attorney 
at law. Norwich. '9^-. Senior member. Law 
firm of Loomis & Follett ( Henry R. ), '9S-8. 
A Secretary, Chenango county Democratic 
committee. '96-8. Nominated on the Demo- 



Graduate members 23 

cratic ticket for special county judge of Chenango 
county, '96. 



fo<% OSCOE BELDEN MARTINDALE was 

iIIaT l3oin at Her ^ imer ' n. Y -' ^ ec - n ' 

IW^k 1864. Prepared for college at Clinton 
^r ▼^ liberal institute, Fort Plain. A 
Emerson Literary Society. <x Manager, College 
bookstore, '88-90. A Contributor, "The 
autocrat of the breakfast table, " Hamilton 
Literary Monthly, 22:81-3 (Nov., R OSC oe B. Martindale, 
'87). Member, Board of editors, Physician and Surgeon, 

Hamilton Review, Jan. -June, '90. Osseo, Wis. 

<X A. B. A. M., '94. £ Principal, and 
teacher of Latin, mathematics and English, Colton 
union school, '90-1. Student of medicine, 
university of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., '91-5; 
M. D. Physician and surgeon, Hixton, Wis., 
'95-6 ; Osseo, '97-. A Secretary of graduates 
in medicine and surgery, '95 class-day, univer- 
sity of Michigan. 



^^RED HEERMANCE MEAD was born 
It at Jewett, N. Y., July 3, 1866. Pre- 
pared for college at De Garmo institute, 
4^w Rhinebeck. (Institute was removed to 
Fishkill-on-the-Hudson in '88.) & Emerson 
Literary Society. <x Sophomore appointment, 
Mc Kinney prize contest in declamation. A 



^4 Class of wo 

Poet. Campus-day. * A. B. A. M.. yy * 

Fred H. Mead, v -^ ,er ot Latin and mathem. 

Teacher, Catskill academy, oo-i : Latin. 

Elmhurst, Greek, and English literature. De 

New York, N.Y. Qarmo institute. Fishkill - on - the - 
Hud - student of English and Latin. 

Graduate school. Harvard universitv. Cambr 
Mas>.. u_i - ^. Superintendent of grades. LeRoy. 
N. Y.. \r->-b. Student. School of pedag 
w York universitv. New York. V 
Principal, and teacher of Latin. Newtown (name 
changed to Elmhurst in qS) union school. Elm- 
hurst. Borough of Queens. New York. 'q--. * 
m. Abagail Diademia Maben, Utica, May =.. 89. 
who died at Utica, Nov. 24. '89. m. Henne 
E Free. Marlboro. A _ 2 



SAMUEL DUNCAN MILLER was born 
at Fort Wayne. Ind.. Sept. 2^. 1869. 
Prepared for college at the Indianapolis 
sical school for boys. & Chi Psi. 
* Freshman director. Tennis association. 
'86-7. Manager, Class baseball club. '86-90. 
Samuel D. Milkr, Catcher. Coll _ .ball club. '8s 

Lawyer, Senior director. "89-90. Senior 

New York, N. Y. director. Football club. '90. First 

Office, 32 Nassau St. bass. College glee clul College 

choir. "8q-qo. President. Banjo and guitar 

club. bS-q : Leader. '89-90. Vice-president. 

Dramatic club. '88-q. President. Bicvc. 



Graduate members 25 

ation, '89-90. Junior vice-president, College 
Republican club, '88-9. <* Second McKinney 
prize in declamation, Sophomore year. 
Appointment, "The military career of Gen. 
Philip H. Sheridan, " Clark prize contest in 
original oratory. &. Contributor, "Oppor- 
tunity, " Hamilton Literary OAonthly, 24 : 220-1 
(Feb., '90) ; "The military career of Gen. 
Philip H. Sheridan, " lb., 25:255-9 (Mar., '91). 
Member, Board of editors, 'go Hamiltonian. 
<k President, Campus-day. A A. B. ^ 
Student, School of law, Columbia university, 
New York, '90-1 ; National university law 
school, Washington, D. C, '91-2 ; LL. B. 
Private secretary to Secretaries of War Redfield 
Proctor and Stephen B. Elkins, Washington, 
'91-3. Admitted to the bar, Indianapolis, Ind., 
March, '93 ; also at New York, N. Y., Nov. 
10, '96. Attorney and counselor at law, and 
Junior member of firm of Hord ( Francis T. ), 
Perkins (Lafayette), & Miller, Indianapolis, 
'93-5 ; with Joseph M. Keatinge, New York, 
Dec, '95 -May, '96 ; Keatinge, Walradt (Arthur 
E.), & Miller, Mutual Life building, }2 Nassau 
street, New York, '96-. Residence, 2 Gordon 
place, New Brighton, Borough of Richmond, 
New York. a, Member, New York command- 
ery of the military order of the Loyal Legion of 
the United States. A m. Helen Parker Karcher, 
Washington, D. C, July 28, '92. Child, 
Sidney Stanhope, b. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 



26 Class of i$*o 

27. '93. A Father, William H. H.Miller. '6l« 
Uncles, Samuel Miller. '60 ; Levi 1). Miller, 
62. Cousins, Curtis B. Miller. '89 : William 
W. Miller, '89 ; Friend H. Miller. '95 : Curtis 
Miller, jr.. 99 ; Friend M. M. Hull, 00. 



MfK FORGE HENRY MINOR was born 
^Mfc at Deposit. N. Y.. Sept. 27. 1866. 
%^B^I Prepared for college at Deposit 
^^^/ academy. <* Delta Kappa Epsilon. 
Theta Nu Epsilon. <x First Tompkins math- 
ematical prize. Edward Huntington mathe- 
George H. Minor, matical scholarship. Appointment, 
Lawyer, McKinney prize contest in extempo- 

Buffalo, N. Y. raneous debate. * Contributor. 
n7ErieCo.Bank Bldg. •• The United States should not 
maintain the independence of Samoa," Hamilton 
Literary (Monthly, 23:313-5 (April, '89). a 
Chairman. General committee. * Department 
honors in mathematics and astronomy, history 
and law. Honor oration. Phi Beta Kappa. 
A. B. A. M., 95. A Professor of mathe- 
matics. Park college, Parkville, Mo., '90-2. 
Instructor in geometry and algebra, academy of 
Northwestern university, Evanston. 111., '92-:>. 
Instructor in mathematics, Summer school, 
Northwestern university, '93, 94. Student. 
Chicago college of law, *92-s ; LL. B. Admitted 
to the bar of Illinois. Chicago, June 2. 9s. 
Student of law in the office of Charles B. 



Graduate members 27 

Wheeler, and at Buffalo law school, Buffalo, 
N. Y., '95-6. Admitted to the bar of New 
York, Buffalo, July 29, '96. Attorney and 
counselor at law, Buffalo, '96-. Special lecturer, 
Buffalo law school, '97-. A Brothers, James 
A. Minor, '94 ; Ralph S. Minor, '98. 



aLFRED AUSTIN MOORE was born 
at Wampsville, N. Y., May 1, 1867. 
Prepared for college under Frank S. 
Williams, Clinton. ^ Sigma Phi. 
Theta Nu Epsilon. <* Sophomore director, 

Tennis association, '87-8. President, A1 , , A ,- 

u , r • „ ■ 1 Alfred A. Moore, 

New York State intercollegiate base- instructor, 

ball association, '89-90. President Cornell University, 
pro tern., New York State intercol- Ithaca, N. Y. 
legiate athletic association (business meeting), 
Syracuse, Jan., '90; Tennis referee, (field 
meeting), May, '90. Manager, College glee, 
banjo, and guitar clubs, '89-90. Second bass, 
College choir, '90. ^ Second Underwood 
prize in chemistry. A Chairman, Senior ball 
committee. <X Honor oration. Phi Beta Kappa. 
A. B. A Student, College of physicians and 
surgeons, New York, '90- Dec, '92. Instructor 
in German and French, De Pauw university, 
Greencastle, Ind., '93. Student of philology, 
universities at Freiburg (in Baden), and at Hei- 
delberg, Germany, '93-5. Instructor in Romance 
languages, Cornell university, Ithaca, N.Y., '96-. 



28 Class of wo 

fa<\ OBERT BENEDICT PERINE was born 
UUa at L .ysander, N. Y., Nov. 29. 18^. 
I llf^k Prepared tor college at Canandaigua 
^T ▼ academy, and later under private 
instruction of Rev. J. L. Franklin, Lysander. 
A Theta Delta Chi. <* Entered class, Jan., 
'87. A Class deacon. College church, '87-90. 

Robert B. Perine Delegate, Mr. Moody's summer school 
Clergyman, for college students, Northfield, 

Monticello, N. Y. Mass., '87, '89. President, College 
Y.M.C. A., '89-90 ; Member. Board of trustees, 
'90. A Senior delegate, Theta Delta Chi 
convention, Boston, Mass., Nov., '89. * 
Sophomore appointment, Mc Kinney prize con- 
test in declamation. <* Theta Delta Chi 
editor, '90 Hatniltonian. Contributor. "Super- 
stition, " Hamilton Literary {Monthly, 24 : 183-s 
(Jan., '90 ). * Orator, Class-day. a Credit 
group. A. B. <* Vice-principal, and teacher 
of the classics, history, and geography, Lansing- 
burg academy, '90- 1. Student, Auburn 
theological seminary, '91-4 ; Instructor of 
Special class in rhetoric and moral science, 
'91-5. Sunday-school missionary under com- 
mission of the board of Sunday-school work 
of the Presbyterian church, Wausau, Wis., 
'92 (summer). Supply, Presbyterian church, 
Sunside (Centreville,) N. Y., '93 (summer). 
Ordained, Utica, April 10, '94. Pastor, Sunside, 
'95-7; Monticello. '97-. & Delegate, 
American inter-seminarv missionary alliance 



Graduate members 29 

convention, Nashville, Tenn., Oct., '91. Mod- 
erator of Columbia Presbytery, '96-7. Commis- 
sioner to Auburn theological seminary from Co- 
lumbia Presbytery, '96-7. <x m. Rachel Hood, 
Auburn, Sept. 19, '94. Child, Marian Elizabeth, 
b. Sunside, Dec. 29, '96. ^ Brother, Frederick 
G. Perine, '87. Cousin, John H. Pardee, '89. 
Uncle, A. Gardner Benedict, 72. 



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ILLIAM MORGAN PHILLIPS was 
born at Bethlehem, Pa., Apr. 1, 1867. 
Prepared for college at the Clinton 
grammar school. A Sigma Phi. 
Theta Nu Epsilon. «* Vice-president, College 
whist club, '88-9. First prize, 220-yard dash, 
College field-day, May, '90, 25 1/5 WiUiam m. pj^^ 
sec. A Sigma Phi editor, 'go Ham- Traveling Salesman, 
iltonian. & Permanent secretary, Pulaski City, Va. 
Class of '90, '90-7. <* Credit group. A. B. 
ik Traveling salesman, American Bridge 
and Iron company, Roanoke, Va, '90-1 ; 
Holstein Woolen company, Salem, '91-6; 
(in Indiana), Sweet, Orr, and company, manu- 
facturers, Newburgh, N. Y., Dec, '96-. 



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ARCO NICHOLA POPOFF was born 
at Bansko, Turkey, June 10, 1862. 
Prepared for college at State normal 
school, Fredonia, N. Y. * Emerson 



w eia$$ or i$w 

Literary Society. <& Second Tompkins 
mathematical prize. Second prize in metaphysics. 

Marco N. Popoff, Appointment, Mc Kinney prize con- 
Clergyman, test in extemporaneous debate, <*. 

Sophia, Bulgaria. Member, Board of editors. Hamilton 
Review, '88- Dec, '89 ; Contributor, "Across 
Bulgaria and upon the Danube." lb.. 1:8-10 
(June. '87 ) : "A review of the crisis in 
Bulgaria." lb., 1:46-8 (OB.., '87) ; "Turkey 
and the Turks, " lb.. 2 : 114-5 ( Feb.. '89) : 
"Russian nihilism." lb., 2:138-42 (Mar., '89) : 
"Relation of the pulpit to social questions." 
lb.. 5 : 132-s (Mar., '92). A Department honor 
in ethics and metaphysics. High honor oration. 
Phi Beta Kappa. A. B. <* Student, Auburn 
theological seminary. '90-2. Ordained, Tona- 
wanda, April 12, 92. Pastor. Bulgarian evan- 
gelical ( Congregational ) church, Sophia. 
Bulgaria, '92-. Installed, Nov. 13, '93. Director, 
Summer school for Christian workers, Samokov, 
'96. a, President, Clergyman's fraternity of 
Bulgaria, '93-. Manager, Bulgaria temperance 
union, '93-5 ; Vice-president, '96-7. Examiner 
of books for publication, Bulgarian evangelical 
society, '93-4; President, 94-6; Manager, 
'96 - 8. Religious representative of the Protes- 
tants before the central government. t* Con- 
tributor, "A view of a native on the field," 
New York Evangelist, v. 64 (Oct. s, '93) : 
Letters to the Union Signal, Chicago, 111.. '94-s : 
Utica (N. Y. ) Y. £M. C. *A. Monthly. 93; 






Graduate members 31 

Fredonia Sensor, v. (Sept. 16, '92). Regular 
contributor, Zarnit^a, '93 - 6 ; Vufder^hatel, 
93, '96-7; /-/ow/tf Friend, '94-7; Christian 
World, '97. Editor, 'Bulgarian Temperance 
"Banner, '94 ; Vn^der^hatel, 95. Editor (with 
Rev. Ivan j. Siehanoff), "The Most Urgent 
Needs of Bulgaria ;'•' Published by the Bulgarian 
evangelical society, Philippopolis, '95 ; Contributor 
to same, "The need of moral and religious 
training in our schools, " pp. 85-100. Trans- 
lator (from English into Bulgarian), "The Two 
Soldiers, or Believe Here and Now ; " Published 
by the Sunday-school of the Bulgarian evan- 
gelical church of Sophia, '93 ; pp. 8. A 
Lecturer (during college and seminary courses), 
"Bulgaria," "Foreign missions," at various 
places in the United States. Address, "Foreign 
missions, " before the students of Colgate 
university, Hamilton, N. Y., May 2, '90 ; "The 
fundamental causes of American progress, " 
before the alumni of the State normal school, 
Fredonia, '91. Lecturer on temperance and 
various religious topics, before the annual 
meetings of the Bulgarian evangelical society 
and at various places in Bulgaria, '92-. A 
m. Mareeka Ivan Terzieva, Auburn, N. Y., May 
4, '92. Children, Blagodat (Grace), b. Sophia, 
Bulgaria, May 12, '95 ; George, b. Sophia, Dec. 
9, '96. ^ Brother, George N. Popoff, '93. 

" My pastorate in Sophia has been uninterrupted. Have 
received thirty-four members. The audience has been 



12 Class of wo 

steadily increasing until now it averages to 268. 

Am enjoying at present good health, and hope that 1 
will he ahle in the future still more worthily to represent 
dear old Hamilton in Bulgaria. Will be glad to see any 
of the class who may stray into far-off Bulgaria. You will 
find the door of the parsonage always unlatched for you, 
and your classmate ' Pop ' always ready to talk over college 
life with you. Meanwhile I will eagerly look for the 
Class history to learn of the battles fought and the victories 
won by our brave warriors of '00. " 

M. N. Popoff in Letter of Nov. ;, 1897. 



aLBLRT HUSTLD RODGERS was born 
at Albany, N. Y., July 4. 1867. Pre- 
pared for college at Albany high school. 
<* Emerson Literary Society. A 
Junior vice-president. College Y. M. C. A.. 
"88-9 ; White cross league, '88-9. Organist for 
Albert H. Rodgers, College choir, '88-90. e* Member. 
Physician and Surgeon, Board of editors, Hamilton Review, 
Albany, N. Y. '89-90. Contributor. "Longfellow's 
Res. 76 Livingston Ave. use of American legends. " Hamilton 
Literary (Monthly. 22:229-31 (Mar., '88). <x 
Member, Invitation committee. A A. B. A 
Tutor in Latin and rhetoric, Robert college. 
Constantinople, Turkey, '90-3. Student. 

Albany (N. Y. ) medical college, 'qj-6 : M. D. 
House physician, City homoeopathic hospital. 
Albany, '96-7. Graduate student, New York 
homoeopathic medical college and hospital. 
'97-8. A Brother, James B. Rodgers, '8s. 
Cousin. James Burton. '90. 



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Graduate members 33 

ALSTEIN ROOT was born at Co- 
lumbia, Mo., June 6, 1870. Prepared 
for college under private instruction of 
Rev. Dr. B. W. Dwight, Clinton, 
N. Y. A Sigma Phi. Theta Nu Epsilon. <* 
Vice-president, Class of '90. * Junior director, 
College athletic association, '88-9. "Walstem Root, 
First prize, Tennis tournament (sin- Journalist, 

gles), New York State intercollegiate New York, N. Y. 
athletic association (field meeting), "The Sun." 

Syracuse, May, '90 ; also first prize (with S. H. 
Adams, '91), Tennis (doubles). President, 
Dramatic association, '89-90. <* Address from the 
college, Houghton seminary class-day, '90. <x 
Freshman appointment, McKinney prize contest 
in declamation. Kellogg prize for English 
essays, "Hamilton Oneida academy," Fresh- 
man year; "Russian nihilism," Sophomore 
year; "The history and romance of the Nile, " 
Junior year. Appointment, "Victor Hugo, 
poet and patriot, " Clark prize contest in original 
oratory. Head prize oration, " Hamilton, Web- 
ster, Seward. " Appointment, McKinney prize 
contest in extemporaneous debate. A Contribu- 
tor, "Child life in Longfellow," Hamilton Literary 
(Monthly, 22:242-5 (Mar., '88); "Russian 
nihilism, " lb., 2y. 185-95 (Jan., '89) ; " History 
and romance of the Nile," lb., 24:37-46 (Od., 
'89); "Hamilton, Webster, Seward," lb., 
24:286-90 (Apr., '90) ; same in Alexander Ham- 
ilton: Thirty-one orations delivered at Hamilton 



34 Class of wo 

College, edited by Dodge; pp. 164-9 ; also in the 
Class history; " The blessings of an untimely 
death," Hamilton Literary Monthly, 24:336-8 
(May, '90); " Victor Hugo, poet and patriot," lb., 
25:60-4 (061., '90); "Hamilton Oneida Acad- 
emy in 1794," ^American [Magazine of History, 
18:396-402 (Nov., '87); "An incident of the St. 
Louis cyclone," Hamilton Literary £Maga%ine, 
n. s., 1:15-6 (June, '96). A Department 
honors in French, and rhetoric and literature. 
High honor oration. Salutatory. Phi Beta 
Kappa. A. B. A. M., '93. <* Student, 
School of law, university of the city of New 
York, '90-1. Journalist, New York Sun, '91-2; 
St. Louis (Mo.) Republican, 92-5; St. Louis 
Post-Difpatch, '95-7 ; New York Sun, '97- . <* 
Member, Sigma Phi club of New York, '90-. 
<* Grandfather, Oren Root, '33. Father, Oren 
Root, '56. Brothers, Edwin B. Root, '83 ; Oren 
Root, '94. Uncles, Edward W. Root, '62 ; 
Elihu Root, '64. Great uncle, Edwin L. 
Buttrick, '42. 



C^AMES ARTHUR SEAVEY was born at 
a| Saratoga Springs, N. Y., July 21, 1867. 
/I Prepared for college at Saratoga Springs 
($^ high school and Yates preparatory school, 
Saratoga Springs. A Alpha Delta Phi. Theta 
Nu Epsilon. ^ Poet, Class supper. Secretary, 
Class of '90, '87-90. a, First prize, One-mile 



Graduate ittemfcm 35 

walk, College field-day, May, '88, 8 m. 14 
sec. ; 0&., '88, 9 m. 20 sec. ; May, '89, 7 m. 
51 sec. ; May, '90, 7 m. 32 3/4 sec. James A. Seavey, 
Second prize, One-mile walk, New Journalist, 

York State intercollegiate athletic New York, N.Y, 
association (field meeting), Albany, "The Sim." 

May, '89 ; First prize, Syracuse, May, '90, 7 m. 
37 sec. ( Actual time, 7 m. 26 sec. ) ; Best 
Hamilton college record, '88 - . Director, Col- 
lege dramatic association, '88-90. <* First 
McKinney prize in declamation, Freshman year. 
Kellogg prize for commencement oration, " The 
fallen idols of the South." a, Alpha Delta Phi 
editor, '90 Hamiltonian. Contributor, "The 
church and the drama, " Hamilton Literary 
(Monthly, 22:310-2 (May, '88); "The fallen 
idols of the South," Class history. & Chair- 
man, Presentation committee, Class-day. <* 
A. B. A Editor, Saratoga News, Saratoga 
Springs, '90-4 ; St. Augustine (Fla.) News, '92 ; 
Saratoga Tress, '94. Journalist, New York 
Sun, 03.., '94-. Residence, 39 East 10th 
street, New York. ^ Secretary and treasurer, 
Saratoga Springs athletic association, '90-4. 
National armory record, One-half mile walk, 
Saratoga Springs, Jan., 93, 3 m. 18 sec. A 
Contributor, "Society as it is," Tourist, 91 ; 
"The making of newspapers," Manchester 
Guardian, '95. <* m. Elizabeth Steiner 
Clement, Saratoga Springs, Nov. 2=,, 96. 



36 Class of wo 



€ 



LAYTON HALSEY SHARP was born 
at Seneca Falls, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1869. 
Prepared for college at Mynderse acad- 
emy, Seneca Falls, t* Alpha Delta 
Phi. Theta Nu Epsilon. <x Secretary and 
treasurer, Bicycle club, '88-9. & Senior dele- 
gate, Alpha Delta Phi convention, Rochester, 
Clayton H. Sharp, PhJX, Ma Y> 9°. * Second Southworth 
Instructor, prize in physics. First Munson prize 

Cornell University, in French. ^ Historian, Class-day. 
Ithaca, N. Y. A Honor oration. Phi Beta Kappa. 

A. B. <x Teacher of modern languages and 
physical sciences, Lyons union school, '90-2. 
Graduate student in physics, astronomy, and 
mathematical physics, Cornell university, Ithaca, 
92 - 5 ; Ph. D. Assistant in physics, Cornell 
university, '94 - 6. Instructor in physics, '96- . 
Permanent address, Seneca Falls, N. Y. <* 
Contributor, " A bolometric study of light stand- 
ards," 'Physical Review, 2:1-34 (July, '94); 
"A method for the use of standard candles in 
photometry," lb., 3:458-70 ( May, '96) ; same 
in Electrician (London), 37 : 274 - 7 (June, '96); 
both articles reprinted in one pamphlet as "A 
thesis presented to the faculty of Cornell univer- 
sity for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy," 
(paging same as above ), 95 ; " On the effective 
center of light from a standard photometric 
burner " Electrical World, 27:54 (Jan., 96) ; 
"The use of accumulators in central station 
practice," Proceedings of the Electrical Society 



Graduate members 31 

of Corn til University, 1896-j, 4:27-35 ; same 
in Sibley Journal, 11:27-35 (June, '97). 
Joint author (with Professor E. L. Nichols and 
Professor C. P. Matthews), "Standards of light. 
Preliminary report of the sub-committee of the 
Institute," Transactions of the American Insti- 
tute of Electrical Engineers, 13 : 133 - 198 ( '96 ). 
<k Member, Alpha chapter of Sigma Xi, '95 - ; 
New York State science teachers' association, 
'96 - ; American association for the advancement 
of science, '96-; Fellow, '97. Associate mem- 
ber, American institute of electrical engineers, 
and Member of sub-committee on standards of 
light, '94- . Honorary member, Electrical society 
of Cornell university, '96-. 



€DWARD NORTH SMITH was born at 
Little Falls, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1868. 
Prepared for college at Watertown 
high school. <k Psi Upsilon. Theta 
Nu Epsilon. A Toastmaster, Class supper. <x 
Junior response, '89 Campus-day. Edwa rd N. Smith, 
<k Junior delegate, Psi Upsilon con- Lawyer, 

vention, Rochester, May, '89. Watertown, N. Y. 
<X Sophomore appointment, Mc- Office, Powers Block. 
Kinney prize contest in declamation. Mention, 
Kellogg prize contest for English essays, "Russian 
nihilism, " Sophomore year. Hawley medal in 
Greek and Latin. Chauncey S. Truax Greek 
scholarship. First prize in metaphysics. <* 



?8 



£la$$ of i$$o 



Member. Board of editors. H. : IM 
(Monthly, '88-90; Publishing editor. '8c - c : 
Contributor. "A hopeful view of our national 
destiny. " Hamilton Lite 'a ; Monthly. 24: 125-6 

(Dec. '89). A Member. Senior ball committee. 
ft Department honor in Greek. Honor oration. 
Phi Beta Kappa. A. B. A. M.. "q;. a 
Student. Law office of Hannibal Smith, Water- 
town, and at Buffalo law school, 'go -2 : LL.B. 
Admitted to the bar. Buffalo, June . '02. 
Attorney and counselor at law. Watertown. 
'02 - . Junior member. Law firm of Smith 
(Hannibal) and Smith, '93 - . a City attorney. 
Watertown. '04--. Secret;.:'}". Repubiicar 
county ( Jefferson 1 committee. '93-4 : Chairman. 
. ■= - ;, A m. Alice Lamon Powers. W ter- 
town. Jan. 2. '04. Cir.ii. Chard Powers, b. 
Watertown. Nov. 1. 04. & Father. Hannibal 
Smith. '66. Brother. William H. Smith, : : 
Uncle. Norman J. Marsh. '84. 



Epsilon. 



Delos DcW. Smyth, 

Professor, 

Hamilton College, 

Clinton. N. Y. 



ELOS DEWOLF SMYTH was born at 
Oswego. N. Y.. Feb. 9. iS(x). Pre- 
pared for college at Kirkiand hall. 
Clinton. & Sigma Phi. Theta Nu 
& Freshman response. '87 Campus- 
day. & Second tenor. College glee 
club quartet. '88-9. President. Col- 
lege dramatic association. '8S-9. <x 
Senior delegate. Si^ma Phi conven- 



Graduate members 39 

tion, New York, Jan., '90. <* Freshman 
appointment, Mc Kinney prize contest in 
declamation. Kellogg" prize for English essays, 
" Plantation life in the colony of Virginia," 
Freshman year ; "Charles Kingsley's delinea- 
tions of the Teutons, " Sophomore year ; " The 
Clytemnestra of /Eschylus and the Lady Mac- 
beth of Shakespeare, " Junior year. Kirkland 
prize oration, "The effect of the physical features 
of Palestine on the Jews and their literature. " 
Appointment, "The new West and its bearing 
on our national destiny, " Clark prize contest in 
original oratory. First McKinney prize in 
extemporaneous debate. (X Member, Board of 
editors, Hamilton Literary [Monthly, '88-90 ; 
Literary editor, '89-90; Contributor, "Austin 
Elliot, '"' lb., 22:309-10 (May, '88); "Charles 
Kingsley's delineations of the Teutons, " lb., 
2} : 149-58 (Dec, '88) ; "The Clytemnestra of 
/Eschylus and the Lady Macbeth of Shakes- 
peare, " lb., 24:85-94 (Nov., '89); "Swiss 
independence," lb., 24:205-6 (Feb., '90); 
" The effects of the physical features of Palestine 
on the Jews and their literature, " lb., 24: 321 -4 
(May, '90) ; also in the Class history; "The 
new West and its bearing on our national 
destiny, " lb., 25:155-9 (Jan., '91); "From 
over the sea, " lb., 25:207-10 (Feb., '91). A 
Department honor in science. High honor 
oration. Phi Beta Kappa. A. B. A. M., '93. 
<* Traveled in Germany, and student of 



4o eia$$ of w© 

English, university of Heidelberg, '90-1. 
Student of English literature, Harvard university, 
Cambridge, Mass., '91 -2. Assistant professor 
of rhetoric, elocution, and English literature, 
Hamilton college, Clinton, N. Y., '92-3 ; 
history, political economy, and law, '93-5. 
Student of economics, social science, and com- 
parative jurisprudence, Columbia university, 
New York, '94 - 5 ; A. M. Associate professor 
of municipal law, modern history, and political 
and social science (upon the Maynard-Knox 
foundation), Hamilton college, '95 -6 ; Maynard- 
Knox professor, '96 - ; <* Member, American 
economic association, '93-; Executive council 
of same, '97-; American academy of political 
and social science, '94- ; American historical 
association, '94-. & m. Helen Louise Town- 
ley, Newark, N. J., Apr. 21, '96. Child, Alice 
Townley, b. June 3, '97. <* Brothers, 
Fred DeW. Smyth, '82; Charles H. Smyth, 
jr., '88. 



€DWARD LAWRENCE STEVENS was 
born at Malone, N, Y., May 20, 1867. 
Prepared for college at Franklin 
academy, Malone. & Alpha Delta 
Phi. Theta Nu Epsilon. <* Entered with '89 ; 
Member, and president of that class, '85 - 7. 



Graduate members 41 

Member of 90, '88-90. & Second bass, Col- 
lege glee club quartet, '86-7 ; First bass, '88-90. 
First bass, College choir, '86 - 7, 88-9 ; Edwafd L . Stevens, 

Leader, '88 - 9. Musical director, Superintendent of Schools, 

College dramatic association, 90. Flushing, N. Y. 
Secretary, Democratic tariff-reform Res. Richmond Hill, 
club, '88. (X Junior delegate, Alpha Delta Phi 
convention, New Haven, Conn., May, '89. <* 
Junior appointment, McKinney prize contest in 
declamation. Pruyn medal oration, "The 
relations and duties of the brain toiler to the 
hand toiler. " Appointment, McKinney prize 
contest in extemporaneous debate ; "Individ- 
ualism and the state, " Clark prize contest in 
original oratory. A Contributor, "A legacy 
of the nineteenth to the twentieth century, " 
Hamilton Literary Monthly, 24:98-100 (Nov., 
'89) ; "The relations and duties of the brain 
toiler to the hand toiler," lb., 24:245-8 (Mar., 
'90) ; also in the Class history ; " Individualism 
and the state, " Hamilton Literary {Monthly, 
25:203-7 (Feb., '91). tk Credit group. A. B. 
A. M., '95. (X Principal, and teacher of 
science, mathematics, and classics, Chateaugay 
union school, '90-5. Non-resident graduate 
student, Syracuse university, '90-4. Super- 
intendent of schools, Catskill, '95 - 7. Professor 
of mathematics, State normal school, Jamaica, 
'97 - 8. Superintendent of schools, Borough 
of Queens, New York, '98-. Residence, 
Richmond Hill, N. Y. & College grad- 



42 Class of w* 

uates' certificate, Department of public 
instruction, New York State, '93. & Contrib- 
utor on educational subjects, to various papers 
and magazines. A Member, National educational 
association, ; New York State teachers' 

association, ; Associated academic prin- 

cipals, '90-5 ; Council of school superintendents, 
'95-7 ; various county and local associations of 
teachers and educationists ; American institute 
of civics, ; American academy of political 

and social science, '91-6. & m. Carrie Mary 
Hatch, Chateaugay, Aug. 9, '94. Child, Robert 
Farnsworth, b. Catskill, June 13, '96. A 
Brother, Robert C. Stevens, '94 (A. B., Mich- 
igan, '94). 



*> 



AUL THEODOROFF was born at 
Garvanovo, Bulgaria, June 25, 1861. 
Prepared for college at State normal 
school, Fredonia, N. Y. A Emerson 
Literary Society. <x Hawley classical medal: 
A Credit group. A. B. <* Con- 
tributor, " Russian affairs, ' Hamilton 
Review, 1:15 (June, '87); "From Philop- 
popolis to Constantinople," lb., 1:175-7 (May, 
'88) ; " Bulgaria and Russia," Interior, Chicago, 
Paul Theodoroff, m -> '9*- Regular contributor, 

Clergyman and Editor, Svoboda, Bulgaria, '87-93. * Stu ~ 
Roustchuk, Bulgaria, dent, McCormick theological semi- 
nary, Chicago, '90-3. Ordained, Chicago, 
May 9, '93. Pastor, Congregational church, 



Graduate members 43 

Haskovo, Bulgaria, '93-6 ; M. E. church, Shumla, 
'96-7. Director of the mission students' home, 
and Assistant pastor of the M. E. church, 
Roustchuk, '97-. Editor-in-chief, Christian 
World, '97- (v. 6-). <* Secretary, Bulgarian 
exhibit, World's Fair, Chicago, '93. <k Ledurer 
(during college and seminary courses) on the 
political situation in Bulgaria, habits and customs 
of the people, their religion, and missionary 
work carried on by American missions, at 
various places in the United States. <* m. Eugenia 
Aristides Vazaka (of Cassandra, Macedonia), 
Chicago, Apr. 28, '93. Child, George, b. Has- 
kovo, Feb. 12, '94. 



Cg AMES AUSTIN TOOLEY was born at 
«| Clifford, N. Y., July 3, 1865. Prepared 
71 for college at Mexico academy. <x Delta 
\*^ Upsilon. <x Out of college, and general 
agent in western New York for King, Richard- 
son and company, Springfield, Mass., Junior 
year, '88-9. & Mention, Kellogg prize contest 
for English essays, "Hamilton Oneida acad- 
emy, " Freshman year. & Poet, Class-day, 
(poem read by Dodge). <x A. B. James A . Tooley, 
A. M., '93. & Teacher of classics Merchant, 

and higher English, Cayuga lake Stamford, N. Y. 
military academy, Aurora, '90-3. Principal, 
and teacher of Greek, Latin, and higher Eng- 



44 



Class of wo 



lish. Stamford seminary and union free school. 
93-6. Dealer in building materials, heating 
apparatus, and mechanics' tools, Stamford, 
'96-. A College graduates' certificate, New 
York State department of public instruction, '93. 
£ m. Edith May Ladd. Mexico. Aug. 15, '93. 
Children. Roderick White, b. Mexico, June 
20, '96 : May Lois, b. Stamford. Sept. 11, '97. 




SOMETIME MEMBERS 







u 



sometime memeeRs 



ALTER CAMPBELL GIBSON was 
born at Utica, N. Y., July 26, 1867. 
Prepared for college at the Utica 
public schools, and at Kirkland hall, 
Clinton. A Alpha Delta Phi. <* Member of 
'90, Jan. - Dec, 87. <* Student, WaItef c q^ 
College of medicine, university of Physician and Surgeon, 
the city of New York, '88-91 ; M. D., State Hospital, 
cum laude. House physician and Utica, N. Y, 

surgeon, Bellevue hospital, New York, 91-3. 
Second assistant physician, Utica State hospital, 
94-. xk Member, Bellevue alumni medical 
society, (New York), '95- ; Utica medical library 
association, '93- ; Oneida county medical society, 
'93- ; Vice-president, '96-. Member, Fort 
Schuyler club ( Utica). x% Contributor, ''Auto- 
intoxication in the insane, " Archives, of Neurol- 
ogy and "Pathology, v. 1 ; same article reviewed 
in the Edinburgh ( Scotland ) [Medical Journal, 
v. 45, no. no. t% Address, "Pemphigoid 
eruptions following vaccination," at the semi- 



4§ £la$$ of wo 

annual meeting of the Oneida county medical 
society. "q6. 



^■^ AN1EL GILDAY was born at Cherry 

ifl Valley. N. Y.. Jan. 50. 1866. Prepared 

ZmTm for college at Cherry Valley academy. 

^&S A Psi Upsilon. A Member of '90. 

Sept. - Dec. '86. £ Student. Law office of 

Barnum brothers. Cherry Valley. '87-8: Albany 

Daniel Gilday, law school, '88-Q ; LL. B. In employ 

Real Estate Agent t of E. A. Cummings and company, 

Englewood, 111. Real estate agency. Chicago, 111.. 

Res. 6738 Perry Ave. *qo - 4. General agent. New York 

life insurance company. Chicago. '94-7 : Royal 

League real estate agency. Chicago. '07-. 

& m. Minnie Endora Snyder. Englewood, 111.. 

Nov. 24, '92. Children. Frederic Snyder. 

b. Englewood. Apr. 24. '95 : Lawrence Leonard, 

b. Englewood. July 6. 96. 



CHARLES DWIGHT LEE was born at 
Oxford, N. Y.. Nov. 12, 1867. Pre- 
pared for college at Oxford academy. 
& Delta Kappa Epsilon. <& Member 
of '90, '86-7. A First bass, College glee club, 
'86-7. Organist, Episcopal church, Clinton, 
Charles D. Lee, '86-7. & Student, Law office of 
Musician, C. H. Gleason, Grand Rapids, Mich., 

Oxford, N. Y. '88-9. Manager. Collection depart- 






Sometime members 49 

ment, R. G. Dun and company, and Stenog- 
rapher for Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad, 
Grand Rapids, '89-90. Stenographer, and 
Traveling inspector (advertising), Northern 
Pacific railroad, Chicago, 111., '90-3. Student, 
Oberlin (O. ) conservatory of music, 93-4. 
Singing, under Frl. Johanna Bayer, Frankfurt 
a./M., Germany, '94; under Julius Stockhausen, 
Frankfurt a./M., '95-6. Italian opera, under 
Sig. Vannucini, and again under Francesco 
Cortesi, Florence, Italy, '96 - 7. Concert and 
oratorio singer, and Professor of vocal 
music, '97-. P. O. address, Oxford, N. Y. 
A m. Johanna Luise Bayer, Breslau, Ger- 
many, 061. 15, 96. ^ Father, Dwight M. 
Lee, '63. 



C^OHN THOMAS McANIFF was born at 
* I Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1866. Pre- 
/■ pared for college at Phelps union and 
Q^ classical school. ^ Emerson Literary 
Society. d, Member of '90, '86-8. & First 
tenor, College glee club, 86-8. a John T, McAniff, 
Teacher of Latin and mathematics, Photographer, 

Phelps, '89-90. Assistant cashier, Tunkhannock, Pa. 
Delaware and Hudson Coal company 
railway, Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, '92 - 3. 
Baggage agent, and assistant freight 



50 glass of wo 

and express agent, New York Central and 
Hudson River railroad, Clifton Springs, N. Y., 
'94-5 ; Telegraph operator, Signal service of 
same railroad, 95. Proprietor, Art studio, 
Lockport, '96. Manager, Wyoming camp- 
meeting association's grounds, Carverton, Pa., 
'97. Proprietor, Art studio, Tunkhannock, '97-. 
& m. Mary Frances Hungerford, Phelps, N. Y., 

oa. 31, '89. 



C^OHN RUTHERFORD McGiFFERT was 
*H born at Hudson, N. Y., Mar. 19, 1869. 
71 Prepared for college at Hudson high 
(*^ school. A Delta Upsilon. & Member 
of '90, and Treasurer, '86-8. At Williams 
college, Williamstown, Mass., '88-90 ; A. B. 
John R. McGiffert, Commencement appointment. * 
Lawyer, Student, School of law, university 

Duluth, Minn. of the city of New York, '90-2 ; 
Office, 200 Herald Bldg. LL. B. Admitted to the bar, Albany, 
May 6, '92 ; also at St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 17, '93. 
Attorney and counselor at law, Duluth, '93-. 
Residence, 15 East Third street. A m. Ger- 
trude Yates Magoun, Hudson, N. Y., Apr. 8, 
'96. Child, Stephen Yates, b. Duluth, Minn., 
Dec. 17, '96. A Brothers, James B. McGiffert, 
'78 ; William C. McGiffert, '78 ; Edgar N. 
McGiffert, '80. 



Sometime members 51 

CHARLES ANDREW MILLS was born 
at Clinton, N. Y., Od. 21, 1869. Pre- 
pared for college at Kirkland hall, 
Clinton. <* Chi Psi. A Member of 
'90, '86 -Mar., '87. Graduated with class of 
'91. See '91 records, d, Present address, 
Clinton, N. Y. 



ENRY PLATT OSBORNE was born 
at Clinton, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1867. 
Prepared for college at Clinton gram- 
mar school. A Alpha Delta Phi. 
A Member of '90, '86. Graduated with class 
of '91. See '91 records. A Present address, 
Clinton, N. Y. 



fg OSEPH RUDD was born at New York, 
J N. Y., Mar. 28, 1868. Prepared for 
/ 1 college at Berkeley school, New York. 
Q^ A Alpha Delta Phi. Theta Nu Epsilon. 
A Member of '90 (Special student), '88-9. 
B. Ph., ex gratia, '97. <x Student (with class 
of '92), School of law, Columbia Joseph Ruddf 
university, New York. Admitted Lawyer, 

to the bar, New York, May 12, Utica, N. Y. 

'92. Attorney and counselor at law, Res. 32 Rotger St. 




52 Class of wo 

New York, 92-4 ; Utica, '94-. Junior member, 
Law firm of Jones (Thomas S. ), Townsend 
(William), and Rudd, 36-41 Mann building, 
Utica, '94-. A m. Daisy Brown, Utica, June 
15, '92. Child, Joseph, jr., b. New York, May 
18, '93. £ Uncle, Robert S. Rudd, 79. 
Cousins, Thomas W. Chester, '92 ; Albert 
H. Chester, jr., '93 (Sp.) ; Isaac J. Green- 
wood, jr., '95. 



CHARLES CHICHESTER STEWART 
was born at Auburn, N. Y., June 21, 
1868. Prepared for college at Auburn 
academic high school. A Chi Psi. A 
Member of "90, '86-7. Pianist, Freshman glee 
club. Choragus, Class supper. A Student, 

Charles C. Stewart, New York colle £ e of pharmacy, 

Druggist, '88-90 ; Ph. G., with honor. Drug 

Auburn, N. Y. clerk, Worcester, Mass., '90-1. 

Res. JO Steele St. Retail druggist, Worcester, '91-5 ; 

Auburn. N. Y., '95-8. Residence, 10 Steele street. 

A Assistant organist, First Presbyterian church, 

Auburn, '85-6. Superintendent, Immanuel 

Baptist Sunday-school, Auburn, '96-. * m. 

Rhoda Davidson Cox, Bear River, Nova Scotia, 

Sept. 25, '88. Children, Charles Conger, 

b. New York, N. Y., Aug. 22, '89 ; Paul 

Davidson, b. Auburn, June 29, '95. 



IB 



Sometime members 55 

ILLIAM WOOD WALLACE was born 
at Middletown, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1868. 
Prepared for college at Wallkill acad- 
emy, Middletown. <& Emerson 
Literary Society. A Member of '90, '86-9. <* 
First prize, 220-yard dash, College field-day, 
May, '89, 2^ 1/5 sec; 440-yard dash, WiIKam w , Wallace, 

56 Sec. Second prizes in 220-yard Missionary, 

dash, 440-yard dash, and 880-yard Madura, S. India. 
dash, New York State intercollegiate athletic 
association (field meeting), Albany, May, '89. 
First tenor, College choir '86-8; Second tenor, 
'88-9. Treasurer, College chess club, '87-8. 
(X Secretary and treasurer, College Y. M. C. A., 
'87-8. Junior delegate, Y. M. C. A. State 
convention, Watertown, Feb., '89. Member 
of managing board, White cross league, '87-8 ; 
Executive committee of same, '88-9. * Con- 
tributor, " A recluse, " Hamilton Review, 2: 18-9 
(June, '88) ; "The cause of foreign missions," 
lb., 2: 1 12-4 (Feb., '89). a, A. B., ex gratia, 
'91. A Student, Chautauqua summer school, 
'89. Tutor in sciences, Jaffna college, Ceylon, 
India, '89-93. Student, Yale divinity school, 
New Haven, Conn., '93-6; B. D. (Graduate 
scholarship, $200.) Ordained, Bridgewater, 
June 11, 96. Pastor, Congregational church, 
Bridgewater, '96-7. Missionary under the 
A. B. C. F. M., Madura mission, S. India, '97-. 
Manager, American mission high school, 
Madura, '97. A Secretary, North Ceylon 



H Class of wo 

Y. M. C. A. union. '91 - ;. * Lecturer 

(with seventy stereopticon views) on " Mission 
work in India. " before Yale divinity school. 
W'elleslev college, and at other places. A 
m. Genevieve Thekla Sanford, Bridgewater, 
Conn.. June 9, '97. 



i|AERCV LOYALL WIGHT was born at 
^^B North Bridgton, Me.. Oct. 22. 1869. 
jt^F Prepared for college at Cooperstown 
"y^ (N.Y.) union school. A Delta Kappa 
Epsilon. Theta Nu Epsilon. & Entered with 
'89; Member of that class, '85. Member of '00. 
"87 -q. Graduated with '91. A Leader and 

Percy L. Wight, manager. College banjo and guitar 
Teacher, club. '88 -q. A Senior delegate. 

Clinton, N.Y. Delta Kappa Epsilon convention. 
New York. N. Y.. Nov.. '90. A Credit 
group. Phi Beta Kappa. A. B. A. M.. '04. 
A Teacher of science and languages. Coopers- 
town union school. '8q-qo. Graduate student. 
Department of pedagogy, university of the city of 
New York. '91-2. Instructor in languages and 
mathematics. Polytechnic institute of Brooklyn. 
'91 -'s. Principal, and teacher of languages and 
mathematics. Clinton high school. '95-. A 
College graduates' certificate. New York State 
department of public instruction. '04. a 
m. Mary Emily Carter. Wayside. N. J.. 
June ;o. '07. 



Sometime members 55 

€DWIN HERBERT WILLARD was 
born at Boonville, N. Y., May 8, 
1867. Prepared for college at Clinton 
grammar school. * Theta Delta 
Chi. Theta Nu Epsilon. & Member of '90, 
'86 - Apr., '88. a, Captain, Class baseball club, 
'86-8. Manager, Freshman glee Edwin H. WMard, 
club. Historian, Class supper. <* Foreman, 

Editor and publisher, Fort Plain ** Morning Herald," 
Standard, '89-92. Associated with Utica, N.Y. 

the Utica [Morning Herald, in the capacity of 
assistant foreman, and foreman of the mechan- 
ical department, '92-8. Residence, 37 Steuben 
street, Utica, N. Y. ^ m. Cora Emily Blair, 
Boonville, Feb. 2, '89. Children, Marguerite 
Ruth, b. Fort Plain, Jan. 10, '90 ; Edwin Harold, 
b. Fort Plain, Aug. 6, '91. 




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EMBERS of the class of 'ninety 
arrive in Clinton, Sept. 6-8, 1886. 
" Freshman class numbers 43. " Lit. 
Sept. 9. Class assembles in fear and 
wonder for first chapel exercises. Freshman Year. 
Greetings from the sophomores. J886. 

" '89 weighed and found wanting." '88 Hamiltonian. 
First recitation in Latin at three. 

Sept. 10. " Fresh, hold class meeting with 

barred doors. " >88 Hamiltonian. 

Sept. 11. Baseball game, sophomores vs. 
freshmen. 15 to 3. The well has its 

attractions. 

Sept. 17. Freshmen serenade library ; and 
later Houghton and Cottage. Three times 
around but no response. 

Sept. 2}. Y. M. C. A. reception for the 
freshman class at prexy's. Rowing declared off 
for the evening. 






60 Class of wo 

Oct. Class officers elected. 
0£t. ii. A portion of the class matriculated 
Freshman Year. in the august presence of Dr. Darling 
J886. at the faculty room. 

Oct. 15. "Class prayer-meeting in evening in 

Prof. Hoyt's room. About twenty-three out. " 

Oct. 16. Class nine plays at Syracuse. Beaten. 

061. 22. "Professor Hoyt sick, and Hopkins 

gone to Synod. " Diary. 

Oct.. Class motto announced by Dr. North 
prior to recitation in Greek Testament. Much 
enthusiasm. 

"A series of ball games for the silver ball is 
now being played. The following games have 
already taken place : .... Juniors vs. fresh- 
men, 14 to 26. " oa. Lit. 

"There is food for thought in the fact that 
more than half of the forty-four members of the 
class of '90 received important instruction 
in their preparatory studies from Hamilton 
graduates. " oa. Lit., p. 74. 

"A freshman reading a pathetic description 
of Cassius' death — ' He ran his body with full 
force through his sword.' " Lit. 

Nov. 27. Thanksgiving -day. Big fall of 
snow. ' Mac ' gets a cake from Hudson. 

Dec. Prexy invites the freshmen in squads 
of convenient size to take tea at his home. 

Jan. 9. Bible class meets in Rogers' room. 

Jan. 10. Rev. Dr. N. W. Goertner, pastor 
emeritus of the college church, died in Clinton. 



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Jan. 20. Written review in algebra. Average 
of the class, 61.5. 

Feb. 1. Scheme on foot by the college to 
raise $20,000 for a new gymnasium. Freshman Year, 
Class meeting held and $210 sub- J587. 

scribed by '90 for the project. 

Feb. 19. Holiday. Y. M. C. A. State con- 
vention in Utica. Burton, Evans, Rodgers, 
and Wallace of '90 attend with others from 
the college as delegates. 

"Freshman translating Livy — 'And when 
the legates returned they found the citizens 
standing on end — ' The freshman must have 
been thinking of the rowing season." Lit. 

Mar. Professor F. M. Burdick is elected by 
the executive committee of Cornell university 
to the new law faculty of that institution. 

Mar. 3. "Fresh, attempt to 'turn winter into 
summer ' ; decorate the district schoolhouse, 
and are given a night's lodging. >88 Hamiltoman. 

Mar. 5. " Snowball row. Sophs, victorious; 

fresh, the same." >88 Hamiltonian. 

" Recently quite a little class spirit has been 
developed by a few friendly contests between 
'89 and '90. The freshmen did the sophomores 
up in a snowball row ; then the sophomores 
stood the freshmen on their heads. The 
freshmen gave the sophomores a little free 
advertising on the walls of the old schoolhouse, 
and then the sophomores got out a good poster 
on the freshmen. ..." Mar. Lit. 



e>2 Class of \$w 

" The sophomores and freshmen are making 

elaborate decoration displays on the old school 

building on College street, while the owner 

Freshman Year. quietly pockets their money and 

1887. smiles. " Courier, War. o. 

Mar. 17. Class meeting. Decide not to have 
an ' algebra show. ' 

Mar. 24, Professor Root explains the marking 
system at 4 p. m. 

"It is rumored that the freshmen are not 
going to have an ' algebra show ' this year. 
We sincerely hope that the rumor is false and 
that the freshmen will follow the worthy prec- 
edent set them by other classes. We hope that 
this freshman class is not going to disgrace itself 
in the eyes of the college by neglecting one of 
the few college customs that are left. Whatever 
reason may be assigned it will certainly smack 
of cowardice or at least of fear that the soph- 
omores may 'do them up.' If they do omit the 
show, we would suggest to the sophomores 
that it would be well to burn in effigy the class 
that shirks its plain duty. " Mar. Lit. 

Mar. 26. "Much excitement stirred up in 
college by the upper-classmen forbidding the 
freshmen to carry canes. " Class meets and 
decides to withdraw its support from all 
student organizations. In the evening the soph- 
omores shadow Ibbotson and Miller about Utica 
thinking they are after posters. The whole 
sophomore class meets them at the station and 



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without the aid of a warrant institutes a search. 

Mar. 27. Sophomores circulate their posters. 
" Excitement increases. " Freshman Year. 

Mar. 28. Class meeting. Resolu- 1887. 

tions of the twenty-sixth rescinded. 

" . . . . The whole undergraduate population 
is now in a highly excited state over the refusal 
of the freshman class to give the traditional 
'algebra show.' .... The action of the class 
of '90 is that no pontifex maximus and his 
solemn train of torchlight attendants will carry 
the coffined algebra to the classic pyre. The 
upper-classmen have given the ardent sopho- 
mores fuli permission to hereafter seize and 
confiscate the cane of any freshman during the 

Spring term. ..." Courier, Mar. 30. 

11 . . . There has been lately developed an 
entirely new system of college discipline. The 
freshmen have assumed the authority which 
formerly belonged to the upper classes and have 
endeavored to decide what is right and what is 
wrong in college government. This is some- 
thing before unheard of. Let us see whether 
there be a cause for this or not. The freshmen 
were evidently afraid to row, and having no 
class spirit, consequently decided not to have an 
'algebra show.' They were bound by a long- 
established college custom to have the 'show.' 
After it became known that there was not to be 
a 'show,' a college meeting was called and it 
was there decided that if the freshmen carried 



64 glass of wo 

canes during the spring term the sophomores 
should be allowed to 'snake' them, and also the 
Freshman Yean freshmen were censured for failing 
J887- to have a 'show.' There is nothing 

whatever unfair about this. But the freshmen 
called a class meeting and decided that the 
censure was unjust and retaliated by with- 
drawing 'from all college organizations.' What 
they really wanted to ' kick ' against was the 
decision in regard to the canes ; but they 
were ashamed to do this, so they claimed that 
the censure was what they did not like. Do 
you think that they would ever have thought 
about the censure being unjust if they had 
been allowed perfect freedom in carrying their 
canes? No! Not for a moment. 

In a matter like this, upper-classman authority 
should be recognized by freshmen as final. 
Their authority comes not merely from the 
facl that they are upper-classmen, but because 
they have had experience, and have been trained 
as freshmen. They are better acquainted with 
college life and know what is becoming a fresh- 
man better than the freshmen themselves do. 
When '83 and '84 were upper-classmen, the 
freshmen would no more have dared to make 
such a resolution, than they would have dared to 
take senior seats in chapel. Freshmen then 
were made to know their places, and freshmen 
now should be instructed in the same way. 
The class of '90 was not imposed upon. They 



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were ' squatted on ' because they had not done 
their duty. 

But there are some who say that the upper- 
classmen entirely overstepped their Freshman Year. 
bounds in making such a decision. 1887. 

They say that such things are for the faculty 
to decide. We would directly contradict those 
who affirm this, and say that the faculty has 
no business whatever to decide such questions 
of college discipline. Upper-classman author- 
ity is recognized in every college that is 
worthy of the name. When you see a 
college where the freshmen assume to be on a 
level with each and every other class, every- 
one without a second thought sets it down 
as a rather 'snide' institution. Upper-classman 
authority is what makes a college a college, 
and distinguishes it from a 'prep' school. 
The training that a man receives in college 
because of this system of discipline is almost 
as invaluable to him as the literary knowledge 
he acquires. It is this which makes him to be 
a man, and not a boy all his life. College life 
takes the boy out of the man and gives 
him manly dignity. But if you destroy class 
distinctions you rob the college student of 
one of the most essential parts of a college 
education. It is hard for a freshman to see it 
in that light, we admit, but when he has 
passed through the year he will never regret 
it. The freshmen have, however, become 



e>6 Class of wo 

thoroughly ashamed of their action, and have 
rescinded their resolution.'' 

Editorial on "The freshmen." Apr. Lit., pp. 297-8 

Freshman Year. "'I have been greatly surprised 

1887. at the course taken by a part of 

the press in Oneida county in reference to the 
quarrel between the present freshmen and the 
upper-classes in Hamilton college. . . The cus- 
tom of burning and burying books belongs to 
the medievalism of college history. . . . Now 
when a class has manly courage and character 
enough to vote down a bad custom it deserves 
full appreciation. The step taken is simply 
right. It is manly and precisely what might 
be expected of the class that has taken it. . . 
The class of 'oo has acted with excellent 
good sense and manly decision. 

E. P. P. in Courier, Apr. o. 

Mar. jo. Class canes reach Clinton. Safely 
stored at Root's. 

May 1. "The sophs broke some freshmen's 
canes. We hope the fresh will retaliate in 
some way. " May Lit. 

May 10. Kinder-Symphony concert in aid of 
college baseball. 

June 7. Class banquet at the Butterfield 
house. Utica. 

June . Many of the college men decide 
to improve their memory under the help of 
Professor Loisette. 

"Professor Chester has verv kindlv volun- 



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6 7 



teered to have tennis-courts built at his ex- 
pense, and the two splendid courts in front 
of the cabinet speak volumes for his generosity." 

May Lit. Freshman Year, 
" . . . As can be seen by our coat 1887. 

of arms, we are nearly at the top of freshman 
year. Upper -classmen reverence us for our 
loyalty; under- classmen look upon us with 
envious eyes. We are heroes ; without 
egotism v/e have all the qualities of an ideal 
freshman class." 

" Freshman editorial" (by a junior), '88 Hamiltonian. 

June 25. Examinations close. Prize speaking 
in the evening. Until 2 a. m. the chapel bell 
and a bonfire announce to the college and to 
the world that the members of '90 have become 
sophomores. The post-office and other accou- 
trements of old Middle go up in smoke. The 
privilege is purchased for $1.50 each, payable 
on the term bills. 




68 Class of wo 

^#*ALL TERM opens, September 8, 1887. 
A| " At the athletic contest at the opening 
of the term, '91 won five out of six 
4^W* events. The sophomores made only 
the 100-yard dash. The contests were charac- 
terized by good nature throughout. " 

Sophomore Year. Courier, Sept. 14. 

1887. Sept. 7. The faculty adopts a reso- 

lution requiring each member of the under- 
classes to write term essays. 

Sept. 14. "The sopho-fresh ball game oc- 
cured with its usual interest. The result was 
in favor of the sophs by a score of 10 to 2. After 
the game the sophs moved to adjourn to the well 
with whatever of the freshman class could be con- 
veniently carried along." oa. %eview. 

Sept. 16. Faculty changes date of Clark-prize 
contest from commencement week to the Wed- 
nesday evening following the last senior examin- 
ations. Also adopts the following resolutions: 

11 The first integral third of each graduating 
class, with the Pruyn, Head, and Kirkland ora- 
tors shall be the commencement speakers. 

Each class shall be divided into the following 
groups, viz : high honor, honor, credit, and 
graduation. " 

Department honors are also instituted. 

Faculty T(ecords. 

Sept. 16. Freshmen visit Houghton and Cot- 
tage. Sophomores go along. Several hats lost. 
Sept. 17. Sophomores have a walk-around. 



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Greeted by Lampson, '88, in South. 

" The annual contest for the silver ball began 
on Sept. 21. . . . Up to the present Sophomore Year. 
the games stand: ... '89 vs. '90 — J887. 

O tO l8. " Oct. Review. 

" The ball game between '90 and '91 re- 
sulted in a score of 9 to 8 in favor of '90." 

Dec. Review. 

Sept. 2}. The system of arranging standing 
by groups, and giving department honors was 
announced by the faculty. 

'* Prof. Brandt enjoys a good thing. He told 
some of the sophs who were laughing at a ludi- 
crous German pronunciation in class that it 
wouldn't be so funny by and by. " oa Lit. 

Oct. is. Special train to Hamilton. Ball game 
between Madison university and Hamilton col- 
lege. 12 to 12. 

Nov. 23. Snowball contest between soph- 
omores and freshmen after noon rhetorical. 

Dec. 13. The class presents Professor Bristol 
with a large art book. Presentation speech by 
Geer. 

" For the first time in the history of the col- 
lege all the members of the sophomore class 
were in attendance at college exercises during 
fall term." Jan. ('88) Lit. 

Jan. 29, 1888. College invaded by measles. 

"Theta Delta Chi's and Delta U's have moved 
into their respective houses. Dekes will follow 
suit this spring." Feb. Lit. 



70 Class of wo 

Mar. 17. "• Row between the under-classmen. 
Freshmen completely victorious. Phillips breaks 

his leg." '89 Hamil Ionian. 

Mar. 27. " Freshmen burn their algebra like 

Sophomore Year. men. Sophomores stay away from the 

J888. show through cowardice or shame."' 

'89 Hamiltouian. 

•"The 'algebra show 5 (by class of 91) came off 
March 27. It was a rather slim affair. " Apr. Lit. 

Apr. 21. Funeral of Roscoe Conklin. in Utica. 

"A large number of sophomores have elected 
calculus ." May Review. 

■•Through the kindness and liberality of Prof. 
Chester, a grand stand is being erected on the 

ball grounds. " May Review. 

May 21. Field-day. "All agreed in pronounc- 
ing it to be the best field-day that Hamilton has 
seen in many a year. " June Review. 

May 2}. A number of college students partici- 
pate in a Dickens representation at Houghton 
seminary. 

May 25. Intercollegiate field-day at Rochester. 
Hamilton takes third place. 

May. Tree-day changed to campus-day by 
vote of '88 ; which class also decides to 
abolish the custom of erecting class stones 
about the campus and to build a one-fifth-mile 
track on the athletic field. 

See May Review, p. 108. 

Professor G. P. Bristol elected to the fac- 
ulty of Cornell university. 



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''We have thought it advisable to make 
quite a radical change in the structure of the 
Lit board, which, we hope, will be for the 
best interests not only of the board but like- 
wise of the college. Instead of Sophomore Year. 
there being eight editors appointed 1888. 
from the senior class as heretofore, there will 
be four seniors appointed with four juniors, 
which together will constitute the board for 
the coming year. After this next year only 
four juniors are to be appointed at the begin- 
ning of each succeeding year, while the four 
previously appointed juniors become the 
senior editors for the year- — thus each editor 
will hold office for two years. . . We hope that 
the above plan will meet the approval of all 
concerned and that it will prove beneficial in 
its adoption, with financial success to the Lit 
and material advancement to the literary 
standard of our college publication." 

Editorial on " The Lit.'s change," May Lit. 

May 31. The Lit supper is attended by '88 
and the newly-eleded editors from '89 and 90. 
Gray responds to the toast : " The alumniana — 
its editor, Dr. North." 

June 1. The faculty adopts a resolution where- 
by paper for written examinations is to be 
furnished by the college. 

" . . . Our deeds of valor have only been 
equaled by the active part we have taken in 
college life in general. In all organizations we 



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Class of wo 



are strongly represented. . . . We have the 
honor of being the largest class in college. 
Since entering our numbers have not only not 
decreased but have materially increased : so 
that today we are an unbroken, compact body, 
bound together by ties of good-fellowship and 
love of 90. Our attendance upon work has 
been regular, and we have won much merit 
as a class of superior talents and general ex- 
cellence. Thus in our history we have been 
foremost in grasping the joys of college life, 
but in our pleasures we have not overlooked 
the real purpose and aim of a college education. 
With such a past who can foretell our future?" 
"Sophomore editorial," '89 Hamiltonian. 

June 21, 1888. Commencement day. 




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SEPTEMBER 13, 1888. Fall term opens. 
The new men on the faculty are 
Rev. A. H. Evans as assistant professor 
of Greek ; and Clinton Scollard as 
assistant professor of rhetoric and elocution. 
Sept. 22. First game for the silver ball 
between '90 and '92. Result, 1 1 to Junior Year. 

6 in favor of '90. 1888. 

Sept. 25. ''Political agitation begins. Cam- 
paign clubs formed among the students." 

'go Hamiltoniau. 

Sept. 27. "Republican mass-meeting held 
in Utica was well represented by Hamilton 

College." Oct. Review. 

Oct. 2. Holiday for a class ride. Eight men 
take the train for Utica. 

Oct. 11. Fall field-day. "The weather was 
pleasant and the events were closely con- 
tested." Oct. Review. 

Oct. 20. "Junior severely assaulted in Utica 
while taking part in a Republican parade." 

'90 Hamiltoniau. 

Nov. 10. "The Republicans of the town of 
Kirkland held a grand jubilee in Scollard's 
opera house, Saturday. A collation was served, 
and Professor Root acted as toast-master. As a 
result of the election of Harrison, Stevens will 
give Seavey a wheelbarrow ride around the 
campus." Nov. ut. 

Nov. 16. Junior promenade at Scollard's 
opera house. Patronesses, Mrs. Brandt, 



74 Class of wo 

Mrs. Chester, Mrs. Root, and Mrs. Hoyt. 

"In the years immediately following the 
abolishment of 'Junior Ex.' the junior class 
Junior Year. annually gave a promenade in its 

1858. stead. Owing to a general lack 

of financial support the custom was soon 
discontinued, and thereby what should be one 
of the most important and pleasurable events 
of the college year was abandoned. 

It was with the purpose of renewing this 
custom that the present junior class, after 
careful consideration of the matter, decided to 
give a junior promenade. . . . 

We heartily praise the efforts of the juniors 
to reestablish a long-lost custom and hope 
that the junior promenade of this year will 
establish a precedent which will be followed 

by future classes It is a movement 

entirely commendable, and we hope that this 
effort on the part of the juniors to throw some 
variety and spirit into life at Hamilton will meet 
with unbounded success. " 

Editorial on ''Junior promenade," Nov. Lit., p. 127. 

"What a scene was this that opened up 
before my vision ! A brilliantly-lighted ball- 
room, redolent with the perfume of flowers, 
and decorated with exquisite taste, welcomed 
the dancers. Under the gay festooning of 
orange and white, youth and beauty glided 
along the promenade or threaded the mazes of 
the dance, watched over by the benignly 



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smiling Cupid and Terpsichore. " 

" Junior promenade," '90 Hamiltonian. 

''The junior ball was a decidedly pleasant 
and successful inauguration of a Junior Year. 
custom which those who enjoyed J888. 

hope may be continually kept up. Socially 
it was the event of the season, and went far 
towards breaking up the monotony of college 
routine. The hall was festooned with the class 
colors. Koehl & Perkins' orchestra furnished 
the music, and an excellent collation was served 
by Caterer White of Clinton." Dec. Lit. 

"In looking over the records of the term 
about to close we find that four important items 
characterized the opening of the year, namely: 
the addition of Professor Evans and Professor 
Scollard to the faculty ; the initiation of a large 
freshman class to the discipline and culture of 
college life ; the beginning of the erection of a 
large and handsome Y. M. C. A. building upon 
the campus ; and a provision for the improve- 
ment, the reimbursement, and the proper care 
of the library. All of these caused no small 
interest and enthusiasm to the students. As we 
then saw the evidences of greater prosperity to 
the college under the new additions, so we now 
see our hopes for its advancement more than 
fully realized and the college making vast strides 
toward the front. . . . Soon, the juniors mani- 
fested a desire to reestablish the precedent of 
giving a junior promenade, and though it per- 



-6 Class of wo 

tained but indirectly to the other classes in 
college, yet all manifested an interest in the 
affair, and the junior promenade came off with 
the hearty support of the college and with 
Junior Year. gratifying compliments to the juniors 

• 1888. on its success.*' 

Editorial on "A review of the term." Dec. Lit., p. 101. 

4i . . . The 'barbarous' customs of the past 
are fast dying out at Hamilton. . . . Hamilton 
college has rarely been able to rely wholly upon 
its athletic spirit for vigorous, energetic college 
life. But we have had the dormitory system to 
fall back upon. From present indications, 
however, even this good old tradition will soon 
be abandoned. The chapter-house system has 
almost entirely superceded the old method. 
The old dormitories are almost deserted, and. 
at night, instead of being brightly lighted up. 
they present a dismal and forsaken appear- 
ance. ..." Editorial on " College life." Dec. Lit., p. 162. 

" While debating in the class-room, Mr. S — . 
who was unusually witty, propounded the 
following question : ' If you take an old shoe 
and patch it. and patch it again and again, what 
have vou left?" A voice in the audience 
whispered, 'patches.' A subdued smile then 
made its appearance." Lit. 

Jan. 21. 1889. " Remarkable lecture before the 
juniors on evolution. Class displays much 
emotion. So does the professor." 

'go Hamiltouian. 



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Jan. Noon prayer-meetings diminished in 
number from four to two each week. 

Jan. 30. "The day of prayer [whist] for col- 
leges was observed Wednesday." Junior Year, 

Feb. Review. 1889. 

Feb. 22. "Progressive tete-a-tete at Houghton. 

Students progress." ' 9 o Hamiltonian. 

" The concert given in Scollard's opera house 
on Saturday evening was the best that has in 
years, if ever before, been given by the college 
students. The program was evenly balanced, 
there being a pleasing proportion of each class 
of music. The appreciation of the audience 
was shown by the encore which was invariably 
insisted upon. The glee club quartet has for 
its manager, R. J. Hughes, who also sings first 
tenor. The others are : second tenor, Smyth ; 
first bass, Stevens ; second bass, Lewis. All 
the members are of the junior class." Mar. Lit. 

Mar. 27. '9o's Hamiltonian goes to press. 

" Mr. H. A. Vance, '88, has entered upon his 
duties as instructor of the junior class in law. 
He still retains his position as assistant librarian 
of the college." April Lit. 

"Among the choicest of souvenirs treasured 
during this college year is 9o's Hamiltonian. 
Its prominent features are a whole page engrav- 
ing of Dr. Albert H. Chester, together with a 
short sketch of his life ; ' Rosalie in the dell,' a 
poem by Clinton Scollard ; cuts of the seven 
chapter houses ; ' Scollard's serenade, ' as 



78 glass of wo 

rendered by the glee club ; full page engravings 
of the ball nine and of the Hamilton iaii board. 
Its ' Bric-a-brac ' is harmless. Those who edit 
•Junior Year. compiled publications seldom have 

J889. occasion to editorially ' write the 

magic We of such enormous might.' The 
contributions are of high character, the typog- 
raphy faultless, the binding and general appear- 
ance attractive." Apr. Lit., p. 120. 

Apr. 26. The Peters - Borst trial summed up 
in Utica. 

"It was mentioned in a previous number of 
the Lit. that a beautiful Y. M. C. A. building was 
being erected on our campus. After several 
months of continued labor the structure is now 
completed, and is, at present, the center of 
attraction on College hill. . . . The building, 
with the expenses of furnishing, has cost 
$25,000. We greatly appreciate the gift be- 
stowed upon us by Mr. Silliman, who has so 
liberally contributed to our welfare." 

Apr. Lit., p. 330. 

May 2. Silliman hall dedicated. 

May 15. Concert in the Music hall of the 
Buttertield house in Utica by the banjo, guitar, 
and glee clubs. 

May 16. " A red-letter day in the college 
calendar. Perfect weather, an unusually large 
attendance, numerous entries, spirited contests 
and exceptional records, all combined to make 
the spring meeting of the athletic association the 



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best ever held, in the memory of those now in 
college. The enthusiasm was great and the 
winners were greeted by the cheers of class- 
mates and favored with the smiles of Junior Year. 
the fair delegations from the semi- 1889. 

naries, Utica, and vicinity. 

The sports were held on the ball grounds. 
The grand stand was filled, while the spectators 
in carriages were able to survey the whole field 
and see all the contests without continually 
driving around, a necessary evil when the sports 
were conducted on the campus. . . . The 
merchants of Utica and Clinton were interested 
in the sports and most of the first prizes were 
donated by them. The records of the day proved 
that, with efficient management, judicious train- 
ing, and faithful work, Hamilton could take a 
high place in the intercollegiate athletic asso- 
ciation. Too much credit can not be given to 
the management of the association and to our 
trainer, W. A. Elkes, of Saratoga Springs." 

May Lit. 

May 24. Intercollegiate field-day at Albany. 
Hamilton represented by sixteen men. "A 
special car was chartered and a large number of 
students accompanied the athletes. The day 
was of great interest to Hamilton men as, in the 
morning, the nine defeated Union 7 to 3, and in 
the evening the banjo, guitar, and glee clubs 
gave an excellent concert, and Hamilton won 

THE PENNANT! ! " May Lit. 



80 glass of w* 

" It was a jolly crowd of fellows, which, 
at eleven o'clock on Saturday morning, left 
Albany in their pink-bedecked car. And what 
Junior Year. a reception we received as we 

J889. stepped off the train at Clinton ! At 

first arose the familiar yell from sixty voices 
which had not yet wasted their strength ; then 
there sounded upon our ears the boom of can- 
non ; then there was a general hand-shaking 
match, in which every student felt himself a 
brother to every other one. Soon a procession 
of one hundred and ten students was formed, 
headed by the Clinton drum corps. Amidst 
the blowing of fish-horns and whistles, the 
ringing of bells, and the booming of cannon, the 
line started. Everywhere were decorations of 
pink, showing the live interest which the people 
of the village take in the success of Hamilton. 
The procession marched through all the prin- 
cipal streets of the village, making them ring 
with enthusiastic cheers as each decoration was 
passed. At both Cottage and Houghton sem- 
inaries there was a hearty reception, the 'fair 
ones' manifesting scarcely less enthusiasm than 
the victors themselves. 

A thirty-years' resident of the village, and one 
who has ever taken an interest in the affairs of 
students, says, that, in his history, nothing of 
college interest has occurred which has created 
so much enthusiasm as Hamilton's victory at 
Albany. He was right, for this is the first time 



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that the champion's cup has found its abode 
within Hamilton's walls. May this year's 
success be a precursor of a long line of victories, 
that we may maintain the reputation Junior Year, 

in athletics which we haye recently H&9. 

gained." June Lit., p. 23. 

"The junior class recently had the pleas- 
ure and profit of listening to the Hon. J. D. 
Henderson, of the Herkimer county bar, who 
delivered before the class, in connection with 
the study of ' Pomeroy ', a lecture on codifi- 
cation. ..." June Lit. 

June 6. Lit. supper at the Butterfield house 
in Utica. Smyth toasts, "The shears vs. 
the pen." 

"Burton and Groat are the new monitors." 

" The college raised $80 by subscription for 
the benefit of the Johnstown sufferers." Lit. 

June 22. Prizes announced. 

" Having passed through the woes of fresh- 
man infancy and the care and toil of sophomoric 
youth, we have reached the prime of our 
college life. Our past history affords us occa- 
sion for congratulation ; our present existence 
allows us to profit by the old song : 

' Care, to our coffin, adds a nail, no doubt, 
But every grin, so merry, draws one out.' 

... A history of 'ninety would fill a quarto. 
From our record in baseball to the inception 
of the junior promenade, the record is full 
to overflowing. In number we are forty, and 



82 



Class of \m 



we hope, sometime, to be known as the 
FORTY IMMORTALS ; yet there may be 
some doubt on this point. . . . 

Forsitan, hnic oli'm juvat meminisse. The 
class of '90, in Hamilton, will be able to 
remember of no better work done, of no 
more joy and happiness experienced, of no less 
care and sorrow felt, than that of its junior 

year. " Junior editorial. " '90 Hamiltonian. 

June 27. 1889. Commencement day. 




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*ff* HURSDAY, Sept. 19, 1889. Fall term 
/I . opens. 

B mfg Sept. 26, New system of excuses 
^^L^ and allowed absences as adopted by 
the faculty goes into effect. " The old fossilized 
system has been buried forever, and Senior Year, 

a new, vital one takes its place. . . . * 889 * 

The resolutions adopted by the faculty provide 
that one-tenth of all recitations and exercises 
may be 'cut' without excuse. All absences in 
excess are to be treated in a very rigorous 
manner, and none excused but for a protracted 
illness or other like sufficient reason. ..." 

Od. Lit., pp. 61-2. 

" Since the professorship of law was left 
vacant in 1887 by the departure of Professor 
Burdick, it has been the unpleasant task of the 
Lit. to remind the trustees that the vacancy was 
an injury to the students and to the reputation 
of the college. We now take great pleasure in 
offering to the board the congratulations of the 
Lit. and the students in general in the happy 
choice made in the selection of Professor Terrett. 
. . . The election of an assistant to the pro- 
fessor of Greek was made necessary by the 
departure of Professor Evans to fill the pulpit of 
the Presbyterian church at Lockport. The 
fitness of Prof. Fitch for this position is evident 
to any who are acquainted with his record 
during his college course." Oct. Lit. 

"The seniors in German meet semi-monthly 



84 gl<l$$ Of 1*90 

at Prof. Brandt's to read German comedies." 

Oct. Lit. 

" Professor in mental science: 'Mr. E — , in 
Senior Year. speaking of ideal existences and 

J889. imaginations, what kind of language 

do we use ? ' 

E — ( with a scratch of the head and a 
characteristic look of wisdom, hesitatingly and 
soberly): 'W-e-U, you can't tell, but 1 should 
judge that we use the English language.' 

The class, having repeatedly urged the learned 
senior to 'say something,' is convulsed with 
laughter." oa. Lit. 

Oct 17. Fall field-day. ''A decided success." 
Championship banner presented to the winning 
class. 

Nov. 1. Hallowe'en party at Cottage. 

Nov. 22. Junior promenade. 

Nov. 26. The following resolutions are 
adopted by the class as a manifestation of 
sympathy with Mead in his recent sad bereave- 
ment : 

" Providence in its inscrutable wisdom has 
visited our classmate, Mr. F. H. Mead, and 
taken from him his beloved wife. 

In this sad affliction, occurring as it has, 
almost at the beginning of their wedded life, 
we extend our heartfelt condolence to him and 
to those friends so deeply and unexpectedly 
bereaved. Loomis, Perine, and Stevens, 
committee." 



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Nov. 29. A large number of students hear 
Jefferson and Florence in "The rivals," at the 
Utica opera house. 

"Prof, of law: 'Mr. L — , what do Senior Year, 

you mean by high seas?' L — : 'Well, 1889. 

neutral ground. 1 " Lit. 

"Judge Williams has handed down his 
decision in the case of Peters vs. Borst in favor 
of the plaintiff. The students fully sympathize 
with Dr. Peters, and extend to him their 
warmest congratulations upon the successful 
outcome of his action." Nov. Lit. 

"The following is the record of the games for 
the silver ball so far as they have been played : 
seniors vs. freshmen, 1 1 to o ; seniors vs. 

juniors, II to 5. . . ." Nov. Lit. 

"Prof, to senior in history ( referring to the 
monuments of ancient Rome) : ' What of 
roads ? ' 

Senior (answering from general knowledge) : 
' Oh, Rhodes was a city at this time.' The class 
howls, while the Prof., with a took of weariness, 
calls a wiser man." Lit. 

"Prof, to senior in history: 'Mr. S — , name 
the three great philosophers who influenced the 
Christian church at the close of the twelfth 
century.' 

S — ( coaxing his mustache and looking 
toward the ceiling for inspiration ) : ' They 
are — ' Prof.: 'John Scotus'; S — : 'And — ' 
Prof. : ' Roscelin' ; S — : 'And — ' Prof. : 'Abelard. 



$6 glass of wo 

Yes, very good, sir ; that will do, sir.' ' Lit. 

" For some time it has been evident that a 
change would have to be made in the method 
Senior Yean of awarding the Kellogg prize. Given, 

1889. as it was, for the best delivered 

oration on commencement stage, with the suc- 
cessful competitors for the Clark, Head, Pruyn, 
and Kirkland prizes debarred, the strife was 
frequently among the poorer speakers of the 
class. . . . But what made a change especially 
necessary was the resolution of the faculty 
limiting the number of speakers to appear on 
the commencement stage. After the class of 
90 graduates only those seniors will be allowed 
to appear who are in the high honor, honor, or 
credit groups. This would limit competition 
for a prize, intended for the whole class, to a 
few high-standing men, while it is an undis- 
puted fact that often the best speakers are in the 
lower half of the class. 

The faculty taking these facts into consider- 
ation have recently decided to award first and 
second Kellogg prizes to the two seniors who 
have done the best work in the Saturday 
rhetoricals during their last two years. The 
writing of the commencement oration will be 
taken into consideration and the winners of the 
winter oration prizes will be debarred. . . . " 

Dec. Lit., pp. 147-8. 

Dec. 10. "No less than sixty Hamilton men 
heard Booth and Modjeska in Hamlet. That 



Documentary history 87 

they were all well paid goes without saying. 
The patronage given to Jefferson -Florence 
and Booth - Modjeska shows how highly 
students appreciate entertainments Senior Year, 
of a first-class order." Dec. Lit. 1890. 

Jan. 10, 1890. Nine winter orations are pre- 
sented. 

Jan. 25. Football association formed. 

Jan. 31. Roscoe inadvertently snaps some 
matches during the class recitation, and Dr. 
Terrett at once dismisses the class. 

Jan. 31. ' 'Senior class 'severely reprimanded' 
for disorderly ^manner of leaving chapel. " 

'pt Hamilton iau. 

Feb. i. "Seniors march from chapel in 
dignified and orderly manner to the solemn 
tones of a funeral march." } gi Hamiltonian. 

Feb. 8. " Despite the storm, a large audience 
gathered at Scollard's opera house to listen to 
the opening concert of the glee and banjo clubs. 
The college turned out in force ; the seminaries 
were there, and everyone seemed bent on 
enjoying the occasion. The personnel of the 
clubs is much the same as last year, and, as was 
to be expected, the experience thus gained has 
had its effect. Frequent applause attested the 
appreciation of the audience. ..." Feb. Lit. 

"Subjects this term for seniors in debate have 
reference to constitutional law." Feb. Lit. 

Feb. 11. S — is told by prexy that he knows 
Saratoga is a bad place. 



88 glass of w* 

Feb. 14. Valentine party at Houghton. 
Feb. 24. College glee and banjo clubs start 
on a week's trip. Concerts given at Oneida, 
Senior Year. Syracuse, Rochester, Cazenovia, and 

1890. Norwich. 

"The press notices which they received were 
very encouraging and clearly indicate that the 
college ought to be proud of this organization."' 

Mar. Lit. 

" Prof, in constitutional law : 'Mr. L — , what 
is the difference between exclusive and concur- 
rent jurisdiction?' Mr. L — (thinking pro- 
foundly) : ' Why - er - exclusive is - er - exclusive. 
Class applauds the effort." Feb. Rein—. 

Mar. 7. Auction at the reading-room. Ibbotson 
is auctioneer. 

Mar. 12. "Wonder of wonders ! The seniors 
elect class photographer [Brainerd] with 
harmony in the ranks." 9/ Hamiltonian. 

Mar. 15. Caucus to nominate ticket for 
commencement officers. 

Mar. 17. The class elects commencement 
officers. Also votes to wear cutaways on the 
commencement stage. "The sentiment of the 
class demanded harmony. The election of class 
photographer had been the harbinger of it, and 
every delegate went into the caucus with the 
determination that there should be no split in 
the class. No combinations had been made ; 
each delegate presented the claims of his society 
and the grounds for such claims. Of course 



Documentary fjistory 89 

interests clashed, but such was the spirit of 
sacrifice, and such the determination to have 
harmony at any cost, that, after a deliberation 
of three hours, a ticket was formu- Senior Year, 

lated which was fair and satisfactory J890. 

to all concerned. Jubilant over the result of 
its deliberation, the caucus made the campus 
resound with the class yell, and retired to Dan's 
to celebrate. The report of the caucus was 
unanimously adopted by the class. Thus was 
conducted the most peaceful election which, it 
is believed, has taken place in the annals of the 
college. 

The class of '90 may well congratulate itself, 
and may well be proud of its unanimity. May 
this model election establish such a precedent 
that selfish interests will no more rule to the 
detriment of the universal good. May the class 
of '90 have introduced a new era in the history 
of college politics, and may this election be the 
preliminary to a successful commencement. " 

Mar. Lit. 

Mar. The fraternities vote to unite in making 
Tuesday evening the time for their weekly 
meetings. • 

Mar. 25. Two committees wait on Dr. Terrett 
to get ''off" some questions in American politics. 

" . . . At present there is a great deal of 
discussion as to the most fitting memorial for '90 
to leave behind. . . . The library idea is a good 
one, but not entirely feasible. The amount 






oo glass of i$*o 

which could be raised for the purpose would 

probably be small, and future contributions 

uncertain, and therefore the principal thing for 

Senior Year. which '90's memorial would be noted 

1890. would be its insignificance. ..." 

Mar. T^eciew, pp. 1^4-^. 

•'The class of 1890 has voted to give 8150 
to the college library, as its class memorial ; S=;o 
to be used in the immediate purchase of books, 
and 1 1 00 to be left as a class foundation. They 
have chosen the section of political science to 
receive their gift, and this section is to be hence- 
forth known as 'The class of 1890 library of 
political science." A tablet is to be placed in the 
library stating the fact and nature of the gift. 

Every thoughtful man in college will com- 
mend the act of the senior class. It is the best 
way to preserve the name of the class of 1890. 
The record will stand where it cannot be effaced, 
in connection with the most vital part of the 
college ; a part that will grow with all the 
growth of the college. And it will have more 
than the preservation of an outward record, for 
the name of the class shall live in the gratitude 
of the future generation of students. . . . 

Members of '90 will take pride in their class 
memorial, and each year will see the gift either 
of books of political science or money to increase 
their endowment of the library. It is not a wild 
prophecv to say that in ten years the $100 will 
have grown to $2,000. The act of the class 



Documentary history 91 

must be an encouragement to all loyal sons of 
alma mater. It is worth a thousand-fold more 
than the intrinsic value of money. It shows 
that the hearts of these young men Senior Year. 

beat true to the position and destiny 1890, 

of Hamilton college. It proves that the college 
will have so many more loyal sons to uphold 
her fair name and extend her influence. We 
believe that the act will be an inspirer of loyalty. 
The college is rich, not in brick and mortar, not 
in lands and stocks, but in the heart and brain 
of her sons." May Lit. 

" Prof, (to senior in political economy) : ' Mr. 
M — , what does the author say about rent?' 
Mr. M — : ' He says that he won't say anything 
about it just at present.' Class smiles and M — 
gets a 'blood' (?)." Lit. 

Apr. 10. Spring term opens — the twelfth 
and last for '90. 

Apr. 14. Training table started at the Clin- 
ton house. 

Apr. 16. The first football game takes place 
between 91 and 93. 

Apr. 25. "Moore, '90, manager of the college 
glee and banjo clubs, was the recipient of a 
handsome guitar, presented to him by the clubs 
as a token of their appreciation of his excellent 
and painstaking management of these musical 
organizations." May Lit. 

May 2. "The junior class of Houghton, 
assisted by Mrs. Benedict, gave a reception to 



92 Class of m* 

the seniors of the seminary, and friends. Friday 
evening. The entertainment of the guests was 
conducted on an elaborate scale, and all the 
Senior Year. students who attended pronounce 

1890. it one of the most delightful evenings 

ever spent at Houghton."' May Lit. 

May 21. Spring field-day. "In spite of its 
having been postponed twice, there was a large 
attendance, and although the track was in bad 
condition, some good records were made. . . ." 

June Review. 

May 28. President's reception to the seniors, 
8 to 1 1 p. m. 

May 50. Intercollegiate field-day at Syracuse. 
College hill deserted. " The pennant still waves 
in triumph over the time-honored w r alls of 'Old 
Hamilton.' while Syracuse holds in her feeble 
grasp the doubtful honors of second place. 

June Lit., p. 24. 

May 31. "The college en masse celebrated its 
victory at intercollegiate by a grand parade and 
fireworks. Rev. C. W. Hawley and Dr. Edward 
J. Hamilton made witty addresses and Houghton 
responded with the college yell."' June Lit. 

June 4. Senior examinations end. 

"During the greater part of the term Prof. 
Chester has been absent at Atlantic city, owing 
to the illness of Mrs Chester who is there. In 
the absence of Prof. Chester, the laboratory is in 
charge of Mr. C. H. Smyth, jr." May T(eview. 

" Several students are doing a thriving busi- 



Documentary fiistory 93 

ness this term at furnishing their classmates 
with notes taken in shorthand and typewritten. " 

May Review. 

June 4. Clark prize exhibition. Senior Year. 

"The speaking, taken as a whole, 1890. 

was fine, better perhaps than for several years 
past, and fully up to the standard of old 
Hamilton's style of oratory. " Utica Herald. 

"Every one of the orations was excellent, 
and as a whole the contest surpassed those of 
several recent years. The decision was close, 
but the prize was finally awarded to R. J. 

Hughes. " June Review. 

June 5. Senior honors announced. Phi Beta 
Kappa initiation at noon. Lit. supper in the 
evening. Loomis toasts, "The alumniana and 
the Delphic oracle. " 

The senior class tax is $13.25. 

"The commencement invitations are the 
work of T. A. Bradley and company, Phila- 
delphia. They are handsomely engraved, and 
each event is assigned to a separate card." Lit. 

June 5. "... Reforms in college custom, 
the revival of a happy social event, the zealous 
furthering of college organizations, are but a few 
of the facls that will ever remain as memorials 
of our personal worth, our respect and solicitude 
for alma mater. . . . Rather are we proud of 
the influence which we, as a class, have 
exercised. Unity of adion, freedom from those 
inter-society wrangles which too often embitter 



94 Class of wo 

class life, liberality to college organizations 
both in muscle and money, loyalty to alma 
mater — these, coupled with practical intel- 
Senior Year. lectuality. are the nobler features of 

1890. our career which but typify the 

careers that are to be. 

.... When, in the years to come, we are 
scattered throughout this broad land, all working 
widely apart, yet all in unison, all animated 
by the same love of country and loyalty to 
alma mater, all acting alike for individual fame 
and the nation"s prosperity, the memory will 
ever be sweet to us of the days of prepa- 
ration within these walls. 

"Senior editorial," y/ Hamiltonian. 

Statistics of class : average weight. 1 53 2/} 
pounds ; average age. 23 years. 1 month : 
average height. 5 feet. 9 inches. 

See Lit. for May. 

June 21. Glee and banjo concert in Scollard's 
opera house. 

June 22. Baccalaureate sermon by President 
Darling. Text, Philemon 2:7. 11. Subject, 
"The unconscious approach of heathenism to 
Christianity in its first great victory." 

The president's closing words were these : 
"Gentlemen of the graduating class: Allow 
me to bring to your attention the great spir- 
itual lesson in my sermon. Your studies 
with us are completed, and you soon leave us. 
never to meet again. Do not go into the 



Documentary history 9 s 

world in any selfish way. Live not for fame 
or wealth. Live for God and your fellow men. 
You will take different professions, for all 
are offered to your choice. Relig- Senior Year, 

ion can share in any of them. . . . 1890. 

May God give you this inward power for 
righteousness. Men pay homage to intellectual 
power. Temper it with Christianity. Pious, 
holy manhood is worthy living. My homily 
must close. A deep concern for your highest 
interest prompts me to urge you to enlist 
under the banner of Christ. 

And now, gentlemen, with the kindest mem- 
ory of our past relations — a memory that 
has in it to me no thought that is not one 
of pleasure — and with an earnest desire for 
your prosperity, whether life will be to you 
a long day of toil or a short, hot hour of 
triumph, I bid you farewell." 

Address by Horace B. Silliman, LL. D., before 
the college Y. M. C. A. at 7 : 30 p. m. Perine 
presents his report as president. 

June 23. Prize declamation contest. 

June 24. "90 in the shade." utica Herald. 
Campus-day exercises at 2 : }o p. m. After 
the literary exercises " the class formed a 
procession, and, headed by the band, marched 
to the class stone which is near the main 
entrance to the campus. Under the stone was 
placed the box containing the relics of the 
class, and the members covered the latter with 



96 &m Of 1$90 

earth, each one taking his turn at the 

spade." Utica Herald, June 25. 

7:30. McKinney prize debate. "On the 

Senior Year. whole the debate was a very satis- 

1890. factory one. The delivery was 

unusually good, though the argument was 

not always clearly cut." Utica Herald, June 25. 

10: 15. Reception of the class of '90 in Scol- 

lard's opera house. " The crowning social event 

of the commencement was the senior reception. 

It was well attended and was a grand social 

SUCCeSS." Utica Observer, June 25. 

June 25. Class-day. "At 2:50 p. m. the 
members of the class entered the church to 
the strains of a lively march by the orchestra, 
and ascending the platform gave the class 
cheer in hearty style. The members of the 
class, which numbered thirty-six. were all pres- 
ent with one or two exceptions. This fact is 
quite remarkable as in recent years the graduating 
classes have generally been divided. . . When 
the exercises in the church were concluded the 
members of the class assembled on the village 
green. They sat in a circle on the tun and 
producing long-stemmed pipes indulged in a 

farewell smoke together." Utica Press, June 20. 

June 26. Commencement day. "'The begin- 
ning of the finale of one of the best 
commencement weeks ever passed by Hamilton 
college was called for q : 30 in the Stone 

church." Utica Herald. 



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97 



"The commencement was a brilliant one, 
and the gathering of alumni notable." 

Editorial, Utica Herald. 

"Taken all together the commencement 
may be said to have been as pleasant and 
profitable as any in the history of the 

College. " Clinton Courier, July 2, 1890. 




98 Class Of WQ 

y%^ N COLLEGE HILL. June 23. 1897, 
^LBjk occurs the first meeting of the class 
£wff of qo since graduation. The fol- 
^^lX lowing members meet on the campus 
at 12, noon : Covell, Dodge, Ibbotson, Mead, 
Moore, Sharp, Smyth. Sharp is 
elected chairman, and the matter of 
a change in the office of permanent secretary is 
brought up. Dodge reports a letter received 
from Phillips, dated March 30, 1897, in which 
the desire is expressed that another secretary be 
elected. By vote the office is declared vacant. 
Dodge is elected to fill the vacancy, and Sharp is 
instructed to notify Phillips of the action. 

Sept. 14. Sharp writes that Phillips cordially 
acquiesces in the action taken by the class. 

Nov. 1. Dodge accepts the secretaryship, and 
sends out a circular proposing the publication of 
a class history. 

April 20. 1898. Page 98 of the class history 
is written. 



CLASS SCHEMES 




ccjiss schemes 




ANQUET 
OF THE 
CLASS OF 1890. 



Toastmaster, 
Regular Toasts : 
Old Hamilton, 
The Horse, 
The Faculty, 
The Ladies, 
The Campws, 
The Incoming Class, 
The Sophomores, 
The "Baseball limine, 
Our Supper, 



ButteiTield House, 

Utica, N. Y. 

June 7, 1887. 

Edward N. Smith. 

Clarence J. Geer. 

Fred H. Mead. 

Clayton H. Sharp. 

Samuel D. Miller. 

Melvin G. Dodge. 

George H. Minor. 

William M. Phillips. 

Edwin H. Willard. 

Harry D. Kittinger. 



102 


Class of wo 


President of 


Supper. 


Robert J. Hughes, 


Orator, 




Delos DeW. Smyth. 


Historian, 




Edwin H. Willard. 


Prophet. 




Eugene L. Conklin, 


Poet, 




James A. Seavey. 


Choragus, 




Charles C. Stewart. 


Committee, 


Gibson 


, Benton. Ibbotson : 



at 



C KINNEY 
PRIZE CONTEST 
IN DECLAMATION. 



Stone Church, 

Clinton, N. Y. 

June 25, 1887. 



The Oratory of St. Paul. [Mitchell. 

Harry D. Kittinger. 
Grant's Last Military Salute, Gen. Porter, 

Walstein Root. 
Wisdom, "Pax ton, 

James A. Seavey. 
The Battle of Monmouth, 'Bradford, 

Delos DeW. Smyth. 



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June 18, 1888. 

The Chariot Race, Wallace, 

Calvin L. Lewis. 
The American Idea, Spaulding, 

Fred H. Mead. 

A Vision of the Past. Ingersoll, 

Samuel D. Miller. 

Vox Populi, Vox Dei, Lovejoy, 

Robert B. Perine. 
The Fireman's Prayer, 

Edward N. Smith. 



June 24, 1889. 

A Jury Trial, Edwards. 

Eddy C. Covell. 
God in the Constitution, OAc Lachlan, 

Clarence J. Geer. 
Working and Shirking, Holland, 

Lincoln A. Groat. 

John Brown, Fin ley, 

Robert J. Hughes. 

The Citizen Soldier, OAc Kinley, 

William R. Loomis. 
Disobedience to Law, Johnson, 

Edward L, Stevens. 



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E : I.5E5 


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_ . . — - : - 

Fked H. Mead. 


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IX Lee 


- ri: :~se :':: I._ss :: - : 
General Committee. 


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■■._..: : _V: ..- : :- 7e-_- - t_ ~e-.: ! zr.esi: 


>|T 5OAY 

^| Stone Church, 


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Orator, 

Pr-zrhe: 

Per.~i-.e-: >e::e„Lrv 

F'rse- *-:::- ": :::: 


h L'CESE L. CONKLDL 

Clayton" H. Sharp. 

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Class Schemes 105 

HIRTY-SIXTH 

CLARK PRIZE EXHIBITION 
IN ORATORY. 

Stone Church, 

Clinton, N. Y. 

June 4, 1890. 



Prayer. 
Music. 

The Touchstone of <iAs You Like it and the Fool 
of King Lear, 

Charles O. Gray. 
Vi&or Hugo, Poet and Patriot, 

Robert J. Hughes. 

Music. 

The Military Career of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, 

Samuel D. Miller. 
Vidor Hugo, Poet and Patriot, 

Walstein Root. 

Music. 

The New West, and its Bearing on Our 
National Destiny, 

Delos De W. Smyth. 

Individualism and the State, 

Edward L. Stevens. 

Music. 



ioo Class of i$9c 



m 



C KINNEY 
PRIZE CONTEST IN 
EXTEMPORANEOUS DEBATE. 

Stone Church. 
Clinton. N. Y. 
June 24. 1890. 

Question : Should the State teach %eligion ? 

Affirmative : * 
George H. Minor. 
Walstein Root. 
Delos De \V, Smytk. 

Negative : 
Lincoln A. Groat. 
Marco N. Popoff. 
Edward L. Stevens. 

Music. 

Prizes Announced, 

Music. 



* The ordei rf speakers determined by lot. publically 

drawn, at the time ::' the contest. 



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i"iJPi HE SEVENTY-EIGHTH 

4bJ|4t COMMENCEMENT OF 

^| 1 HAMILTON COLLEGE. 

^J^r Stone Church. 

Clinton, N. Y. 
June 26, 1890. 
Prayer. 
Music. 
Salutatory, Walstein Root, 

Oration, — 

Child Life in Longfellow, 

Charles H. Anthony. 
Oration, — 

Coleridge and Toe, 

James R. Benton. 
High Honor Oration, — 

The Future of German Unity, 

James Burton. 
Oration, — 

Two Fugitives, 

Eddy C. Covell. 
Music. 
High Honor Oration, — 

A Sober View of Our Rational 'Destiny, 
William D. Crockett. 
Honor Oration, — 

Nineteenth Century Ideals, 

Melvin G. Dodge. 
Oration, — 

J agues, *A (Modern Reformer, 

Clarence J. Geer. 



ids Class of iw 

Oration. — 

The -Monk and C : italic 

Joseph D. Iebotson. r . 
Oration. — 

Sm : 

Harry D. Kittinger. 
Music. 
Oration. — 

'Jin 7 Songs ~ . Civil Wa 

Calvin L. Lewis. 
Oration. — 

The %ace Troblei / :. Sot . 

William R. Loomis. 
Oration. — 

Hamlet's Struggle, 

Frl:, H. Mead. 

Oration. — 

M r ebsk and Nullification, 

Samuel D. Miller. 
Honor Oration. — 

T{e:ent Tendencies toward Nationalisation, 

George H. Minor. 

Music. 
Oration. — 

Heligion's Gain from Science, 

Robert B. Perine. 
High Honor Oration. — 

The Turks in Europe, 

Marco N. Popoff. 



Class Schemes 109 

Oration, — 

zA Republican on a 7 'krone, 

Albert H. Rodgers. 
High Honor and Head Prize Oration, — 
Ha m 1 1 to n , Webster, Sew a rd , 

Walstein Root. 
Oration, — 

The Fallen Idols of the South, 

James A. Seavey. 
Music. 
Honor Oration, — 

{Rationalism and 'Benevolence, 

Clayton H. Sharp. 
Honor Oration, — 

The 'Diplomacy of William H. Seward, 
Edward N. Smith. 
High Honor and Kirkland Oration, — 

The Effecl of the ^Physical Features of 
Palestine on the Jews, 

Delos L)e W. Smyth. 
Pruyn Medal Oration,— 

The Relations and Duties of the Brain- 
Toiler to the Hand-Toiler, 

Edward L. Stevens. 
Music. 
High Honor Oration and Valedictory, — 

The Present Low Estimate of the Individual. 
Lincoln A. Groat. 
Music. 

Prizes and Degrees. 
Benediction. 



PRIZES 







PRTZ6S 




a 



WARDS IN i 



Brockway Entrance Prize, 

James Burton. 
Mention, William D. Crockett. 



Mc Kinney Prizes in English Essays, 
Hamilton Oneida ^Academy, 

Pri^e, Walstein Root. 
Mention, James A. Tooley. 
Plantation Life in the Colony of Virginia, 
Pri^e, Delos DeW. Smyth. 
Mention, Lincoln A. Groat. 
Committees of Award, Rev. Myron Adams, 
George C. Buell, jr., 
John H. Hopkins ; 
Rev. Edward C. Ray, 
Hon. Homer N. Hibbard, 
John D. Sherman. 



H4 ElaSS Of 1$90 

Mc Kinney Prizes in Declamation. 

/. James A. Seavey. 
2. Harry D. Kittinger. 
Committee of Award. 

Rev. Dr. Herrick Johnson. 

Franklin H. Head. 

Rev. Robert L. Bachman. 



a WARDS IN 1887-8. 
Mc Kinney Prizes for English Essays. 
Russian Cyihilism, 

'Tn'.y, Walstein Root. 

Mention, Edward N. Smith. 
Charles Kingsley's ^Delineations of the 

Teutons, 

T>ii;e. Delos DeVV. Smyth. 
Mention, Robert J. Hughes. 
Committees of Award. Prof. Francis M. Burdick, 
Prof. Henry S. Williams, 
Prof. Brainard G. Smith ; 
Albert C. Phillips. 
Charles L. Stone. 
Edward C. Wright. 
Mc Kinney Prizes in Declamation. 

/. , Calvin L, Lewis. 
2. Samuel D. Miller. 
Committee of Award. Rev. L. A. Ostrander. 
Rev. George W. Knox. 
Rev, William D. Maxon. 






Prizes 1 1 5 

a WARDS IN 1888-9. 
Tompkins Mathematical Prizes, 
/. George H. Minor. 
2. Marco N. Popoff. 
Committee of Award, Dr. C. H. F. Peters, 

Prof. Anthony H. Evans. 
Southworth Prizes in Physics, 

/. Robert J. Hughes. 

2. Clayton H. Sharp. 

Committee of Award, Dr. C. H. F. Peters, 

Prof. A. H. Chester. 
Curran Medals in Greek and Latin, 

Gold (Medal, James Burton. 
Silver Medal, Lincoln A. Groat. 
Committee of Award, Rev. Dr. James S. Riggs, 

Rev. C. C. Hemenway. 
Munson Prizes in French, 

/. Clayton H. Sharp. 
2. Lincoln A. Groat. 
Committee of Award, Dr. C. H. F. Peters, 

Prof. H. C. G. Brandt. 
Hawley Classical Medals, 

William D. Crockett, 
Frank Gibbons, 

Edward N. Smith, 
Paul Theodoroff. 
Chauncey S. Truax Greek Scholarship, 

Edward N. Smith. 
Edward Huntington Mathematical Scholarship, 

George H. Minor. 



n6 glass Of !$90 

Mc Kinney Prizes for English Essays. 

The Clytemnestra of /Eschylus and the 
Lady [Macbeth of Shakespeare, 
i. Delos DeW. Smyth. 
2. Clarence J. Geer. 
'The History and Upmance of the C\£ile, 
i. Walstein Root. 
2. Joseph D. Ibsotson. jr. 
Committees oi Award. 

Rev. Dr. W. H. Maynard. 
Rev. Dr. N. L. Andrews. 
Prof. B. S. Terry : 
Edward Clrran. 
Francis G. Wood. 
Benjamin D. Gilbert. 
Mc Kinney Prizes in Declamation. 

/. Robert J. Hughes. 
2. Eddy C. Covell. 

Rev. Dr. J. S. Riggs. 
Prof. B. S. Terry. 
Frederick M. Calder. 



Committee oi Award. 



a 



WARDS IN 1889-90. 

Thirty -sixth Clark Prize in Original 
Oratory, 



Victor Hugo. Toet and "Patriot,. 



Robert I. Hughes. 






Prizes 117 

Twenty -eighth Pruyn Medal Oration, 

The ^{elation and IDuties of the Hand- 
toiler to the 'Brain-toiler, 

Edward L. Stevens. 
Twenty -seventh Head Prize Oration, 
Hamilton, Webster, Seward, 

Walstein Root. 
Eighteenth Kirkland Prize Oration, 

The EffecT of the 'Physical Features of 
Palestine on the Jews and Their 
Literature, 

Delos DeW. Smyth. 
Mc Kinney Prizes in the Twenty-third Extem- 
poraneous Debate, 
Should the State Teach Religion ? 

/. Delos DeW. Smyth. 
2. Lincoln A. Groat. 
Committee of Award, 

Charles H. Searle, 
Hannibal Smith, 
Rodolphus C. Briggs. 
Eighteenth Kellogg Prize for Commencement 
Oration, 
The Fallen Idols of the South, 

James A. Seavey. 
Committee of Award, 

Dr. Selden H. Talcott, 
Rev. William Hutton, 
Charles L. Stone. 






us cia$$ of wo 

Prizes in Metaphysics, 

/. Edward N. Smith. 
2. Marco N. Popoff. 
Committee of Award, 

Rev. Dr. W. H. Maynard, 
Rev. Dr. N. L. Andrews, 
Rev. Dr. S. Burnham. 
Underwood Prizes in Chemistry, 

/. Eddy C. Covell. 
2. Alfred A. Moore. 
Munson Prizes in German, 

/. Frank Gibbons. 
2. James Burton. 
Committee of Award, 

Prof. H. S. White. 




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Alexander. Railway practice. 
Allen. The tariff and its evils. 
Atkinson. Distribution of produds. 

Margin of profits. 
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Blair. Unwise laws. 

Blanqui. History of political economy in Europe. 
Bonham. Industrial liberty. 

Railway secrecy and trusts. 
Bourne. History of the surplus revenue of 1837. 
Bowker. Of work and wealth. 
Bruce. Plantation negro as a freeman. 
Cairnes. Political economy. 
Campell. Prisoners of poverty. 
Dabney. Public regulation of railways. 
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Political economy. 

Problems of today. 
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Social problems. 
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Jones. Federal taxes and State expenses. 
Kelley. The old South and the new. 
Laughlin. Bimetalism in the United States. 
Lowell, Public relief and private charity. 
Llnt. Economic science. 
Marx. Capital. 
Mill. On liberty. 

Principles of political economy. 
Norman. Bodyke : a chapter m history of 

Irish landlordism. 
Rogers. Social economy. 
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Industrial situation and wages question. 
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Walker. Wages question. 
Wells. Our merchant marine. 

Practical economics. 
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Remuneration of capital and labor. 
Reply to J. S. Mill on Subjection of women. 
Smith. Hard times. 

Wilson. Reciprocity, bimetallism, and land- 
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M. G. Dodge, 4.84 

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CLARK PRIZE ORATION 



i 




CCflRK PRTZ€ ORflCTOn 



VICTOR HUGO, POET AND PATRIOT. 

BY ROBERT JAMES HUGHES. 

•t*& IBERTY, equality, fraternity, " precious 
M L intertwining of poetry, patriotism, and 
fl p the human heart ! Never was this 
Mkg& noblest device more superbly person- 
ified than in the poet laureate of the French 
republic. Liberty was Vi&or Hugo's goal, 
equality his hope, fraternity his strength. 
Personal independence was the basis of his 
political creed. Freedom in art, in faith, in 
life, was his golden rule. 

To the eventful and extraordinary times in 
which he was born, grew up, and lived, 
the cast of Victor Hugo's genius owes much. 
For its praises worthily sung, its sorrows 
piously consoled, its errors deplored, and its 
spirit interpreted, the contemporary history 
of his country is deeply indebted to him, 



128 Class of wo 

but to that history his debt is greater still. 
Never could other times than his have pro- 
duced that antithetic union in one master- 
minstrel which we behold in him — the action 
and the pause — the exultation at the clash 
of arms., the longings and cravings for repose; 
all the glories, all the woes, the hopes, the 
fears, the storms, and calms of those years 
of wonder — the youthhood of the nineteenth 
century. 

Victor Hugo was a most voluminous writer, 
and, like the great Goethe, his period of lit- 
erary production exceeded threescore years. 
" He was made to write, to receive and 
to transmit impressions, as a river is made 
to flow. " The unity which is not to be 
found in his acts or his works will be found 
in his iron will. Before its terrible onset the 
bronze-mailed knights of opinionated "Classi- 
cism " were unseated, and the smiling virgin 
"Romanticism"' proudlv emerged to greet 
her fearless wooer. 

As a poet, he stood in his subtlest and 
most fantastic moods, close to the real forms 
and colors of nature, grouping them to secure 
the most bizarre and grotesque effects and 
glowing contrasts. Much of his success was 
due to the fact that he found in these a 
complete expression for the highly general 
and abstract thought of our time, and dwelt 
with more fondness on the instinctive than 



dark Prize Oration 129 

on the scientific side of poetry. 

His nature fiery, violent, yet profound, was 
lacking in "esprit," naive, and the sense of 
the ridiculous. Life was too serious, no pas- 
time for him. He loved to penetrate into the 
world of abysmal darkness surrouding him, 
to give terrible expression to the black and 
surging mass of vitality, misery, and crime, 
lurking in the backgrounds of sin-stained Paris. 

"He is not the great dramatic poet of the 
race and lineage of Shakespeare, " but an 
acknowledged master of lyric and satiric art. 

A devout philosopher, Hugo did not sac- 
rifice at the altar of positivism. His poems 
have more of the pantheistic cast. He places 
"the divine" everywhere; he sees it in 
nature's forces, in the wind, in the sea, in 
the stars ; it is in the little child, in the 
instincts of men, in the miseries of humanity 
as well as in its glories ; he sees it even in 
vice, in folly, in crime. He is a respecter 
of all that is created, of all that suffers 
and lives and dies. The nobleness of his 
life, the purity of his aims, the spontaneous 
and irresistible nature of his genius, his master- 
ful command of word and rhyme, his lyric 
supremacy, all combined to make him the 
true poet, the poet's poet. With all its 
defects, his verse will endure through the 
after-time as a living * force, because it is 
"broad-based upon the universal human heart. 



130 CUSS Of \*W 

and so eternal." 

Victor Hugo, with Lamartine and Lamen- 
nais, formed the first and firmest basis of 
the Republican party in France. Hugo, who 
had contributed to the glory of the Napol- 
eonic story, in obedience to sentiments learned 
at his mother's breast, roughly converted in 
the swirling current of events, at last con- 
secrated himself as the defender of liberty 
and the republic, as the resolute antagonist 
of the imperial restoration. Never was despot- 
ism so chastised by poetry. The tyrants of 
Babylon and Nineveh, those idolatrous kings 
who raised their images upon altars conse- 
crated to the true God, were not more cursed 
by the ancient prophets than was the tyrant 
of France by the grandest and most manly 
genius which France in this age has pro- 
duced. From irony to invective, from the 
pungent epigram to the lyric ode. everything 
was employed with severe, implacable justice 
to pursue the assassin of the republic, tor- 
mented by those words of genius like the 
wandering Io frenzied by the pitiless gadfly. 

The dictator could hurl his praetorian legions 
upon liberty and democracy, but must finally 
be overwhelmed by the satire, the energy, 
the genius of Victor Hugo. These immortal 
verses formed the education of a class of 
young men taught to swear undying hatred 
to tyranny. Tacitus and Juvenal wrote 



glark Prize Oration 131 

against the corruption of tyranny ; but they 
did not succeed like Victor Hugo in seeing 
their tyrants brought to the ground. Their 
generation was not as free as the present, 
nor were ideas as powerful then as now. 
The chords of the human heart responded 
to Hugo's touch as in the century before 
they had answered to the eloquence of Rous- 
seau. He filled with that vague inspiration 
which creates heroes and martyrs a whole 
generation, which at last took to its heart 
that sublime trilogy: "Liberty, democracy, 
and the republic ! " 

For the Latin people generally, Hugo, 
like Garibaldi, is a typical hero. He repre- 
sents fully their distrust of governing classes 
and their deep sense of universal right. To 
Hugo all Frenchmen point as proof that 
France has been the support of liberal and 
humanitarian views in the century of their 
birth 1 to them he is the sign, as Renan 
puts it, that liberalism is the national work 
of France. With the Napoleons in her past, 
not to speak of Guizots and Veuillots, this 
might have been doubted ; the reactions had 
been as potent and as long-lived as the 
progressive impulses. But with Hugo at the 
end of the century, as Rousseau and the 
revolution were at the beginning, liberalism 
is secure. With him the idea of modern 
France is completed. For this reason French- 



132 £ta$s of i$to 

men of all ranks and opinions, even those, 
and they are many, who distrusted and 
dreaded his utterances while he lived, grate- 
fully accord him unprecedented national honors 
now that he is dead. 

That he could thus represent in his own 
life and work the place :f France among 
the nations, and in a manner consolidate it. 
is the better part of Hugo's greatness. His 
manly virtues, enrage, fortitude, candid 
speech, and uncompromising fidelity to a lofty 
idea — al! had their expression here : and 
for the sake of these. France will overlook 
some weaknesses, the necessary attendants 
of his gigantic virtues. 

Hugo's political work . -.died little or nothing 
to the doctrines already enunciated by : i e 
thinkers who had preceded him. Here no 
great original creation was possible, nor for 
such semi-philosophic work had he any talent 
His mission was to refresh and recast the 
principles of the great revolutionary thtnke s 
in a time when they were hackneyed and 
discredited, and to give them a setting in 
new and spiendid forms of art and eloquence. 

Since Rousseau, what word has been spoken 
in France for animate nature which will 
compare with the "Songs of the Streets and 
Woods"! After Yolney. what note so new 
in the revolutionary views of history as "The 
Legend of the Centuries"! After Voltaire. 






Clark Prize Oration 



133 



what name but Hugo ! His very death was 
a triumph for his cause. This " Demogorgon 
of radicals," this inveterate enemy of priests 
and kings, did not die in obscurity, or dis- 
grace, or defeat, but triumphant as a setting 
sun, awing every hostile voice to silence. 

Victor Hugo, poet and patriot of French 
democracy, with soul full of high independ- 
ence and patriotic love of liberty, hating 
slavish conformity to empty tradition, stands 
in the light of all the culture of the nine- 
teenth century the acknowledged sovereign 
of the muses, over all the lyric singers of 
that high-wrought land, "la belle France!" 




PRUYN MEDAL ORATION 




PRuvn meow oRjraon 



THE RELATION AND DUTIES OF THE 
BRAIN -TOILER TO THE HAND-TOILER. 



BY EDWARD LAWRENCE STEVENS. 

^JfJ HE need and duty of labor is one 
^I4k of the primary and universal laws 
A^ ■ of human life. All classes and 
^^J,X conditions of men are holden to it. 
though its fulfillment is wrought out in 
many and varied vocations. 

The labor of the brain is not less onerous 
or imperative than the labor of the hand. 
Necessity enjoins the one ; duty urges the 
other. He who uses the garnered knowledge 
of the past and the fruits of his own thought 
for the advancement of his fellows is truly 
obeying Him who bade men love their 
neighbors as themselves. Mazzini says: "It 
is around the standard of duty rather than 
the standard of self-interest that men must 



1 58 glass of wo 

rally to win the rights of man. *' 

As mankind progresses, the relation of 
the brain-toiler and the hand-toiler materially 
change. Education, culture, intelligence, were 
once the privileges of a class, while manual 
labor was the severe obligation imposed bv 
necessity upon the remainder of the human 
family. Thought was narrow in its appli- 
cation : research was selfishly speculative : 
the crying needs of humanity were ignored 
in the strife of the few to attain the mind's 
maximum. Industries, fast increasing in 
number and importance, were left to be 
carried on by main brute force. The com- 
mon pursuits of life were considered too 
ignoble to receive the attention of the aris- 
tocracy of knowledge. 

Yet there were men. •"heirs to that nobility 
resting upon merit.'" who found in the needs 
of industry and commerce a field for the 
labor of their minds. Labor-saving devices, 
health-saving discoveries, knowledge-spreading 
inventions have been powerful factors in 
advancing civilization and elevating labor to 
its present status. To these and to the 
wider sympathy that has grown among the 
various orders of society are. in a large 
measure, due those remarkable changes in 
the conditions of life among the working 
class which, by contrast with the past 
seem so great as to leave small opportunity 



Pruytt medal Oration 139 

for further improvement. Yet history shows 
that to every race and generation belongs 
some special work. We can not say that 
this age is an exception. Industrial strife, 
division of labor to the very extremes of 
differentiation, threatening combinations of 
capital, the increase in the number and dis- 
tress of the unemployed ; these, today, pre- 
sent to the student and the statesman a 
problem whose solution is urgently demanded. 

There is a growing apprehension that 
knowledge and intelligence must be directed 
in such channels as to affeft more intimately 
the hand-toiler ; to increase his faculty of 
self-support and self-help, and to secure to 
him full compensation for his labor. It is 
beginning to be felt that work must be 
dire&ed by intelligence and by conscience, in 
order to attain the maximum in productive 
capacity, and so to insure the laborer's 
happiness and contentment and the security 
and prosperity of the community. 

The tendency to substitute mind for muscle 
in industrial operations is not without its 
significance, and the most pertinent social 
question that has arisen in years is: "How 
may education be rendered a more effedual 
aid. in all the vocations of life?" 

There is observed, as never before, the 
need for skilled labor in the direftion of our 
extensive industries. The apprentice system, 



140 Class of ma 

itself incomplete and long in desuetude, has 
left a demand for workmen apt with tool 
and intelligent in method. It is a noteworthy 
characteristic of the drift of popular opinion 
that our system of general education is 
coming to be regarded as too much a prep- 
aration for a life of leisure. Today the 
various trades are beginning to ask for a 
share in training and instruction. As there 
have been schools of the so-called learned 
professions, so. in response to this demand, 
there are springing up in city and town, 
schools of science, schools of technology, 
industrial and trade schools. 

In the effort to obtain a high standard of 
general culture, some of the most promising 
possibilities of the educational system have 
been overlooked. In failing to teach the 
masses the use of the tools by which most 
of them earn their living, and by the absence 
in youth of proper training in industrial 
handicrafts and technical arts, there has been, 
without doubt, a defect in the system which 
tends to produce an increase of misery and 
crime, and a reenforcement to the ranks of 
the unemployed. What we have attained 
without this provision, now so urgently asked, 
should not inspire us with confidence for 
the future. 

In spite of the conservative murmur against 
utilitarianism in education, experience has 



Prtiytt medal Oration 141 

shown that a purely scholastic training makes 
men averse to manual labor, although by 
far the larger number of . them are compelled 
ultimately to undertake it for their support. 

Capital has been oppressive because labor 
knew not how to effectively defend itself. 
Cooperation has been a failure because intel- 
ligence did not enter into daily toil and was 
beyond the reach of the toilers. Disease 
and death are abroad because homes are 
ill-kept and sanitary laws unwittingly violated. 
Drunkenness and vice prevail because of 
the ignorance of moral and physical law. 
This is the field which opens wide before 
the teacher, the humanitarian, the Christian 
minister. 

It is upon these brain-toilers that the 
burden and responsibility rest of so moulding 
and strengthening the character of the men 
and women of this and coming generations, 
that they shall neither succumb to hardship 
nor be enfeebled by prosperity. 

The teacher, be he at work in church or 
school, must take the wisdom of the scholar 
and apply it to the needs of a struggling 
and suffering humanity. The practical edu- 
cation of the laboring classes leads to the 
avoidance of waste in production and waste 
in living ; to the conservation of all those 
forces which, when rightly directed, tend 
toward the elevation of mankind and the 



i4^ glass of wo 

triumph of industrial liberty. 

From the condition of helplessness there 
is but one way of escape, and that lies 
through education. As Spencer says, "there 
is no other alchemy by which golden con- 
duel: can be gotten from leaden instincts." 

Organization of labor for the profitable 
direction of its own enterprises is possible 
only when the artisan shall be master of 
his art ; when the operative shall comprehend 
the complete management of his factory ; 
when all laboring classes shall understand 
not alone the fundamental laws of their work, 
but also the primary principles of production 
and distribution and the duties and obliga- 
tions of citizenship. 

This is the calling of the brain-toiler and 
in God's good time he will have answered 
it. The joyful New-year bells may then 

" Ring out the feud of rich and poor, 
Ring in redress to all mankind. 

Ring in the nobler modes of life, 
With sweeter manners, purer laws." 

Industrial liberty, increased ability to earn 
daily bread, increased knowledge of the laws 
of nature and of God, attained through a 
closer blending of brain-toil with hand-toil, 
will make the working-man indeed the 
"product of the race as the heir of the 



Pruyn medal Oration 



143 



ages," and hasten the time when all man- 
kind will be "inspired workmen to build 
the grand temple of civilization." 







HEAD PRIZE ORATION 




B€flD PRTZ6 ORflCTOH 



HAMILTON, WEBSTER, SEWARD. 

BY WALSTEIN ROOT. 

IN the history of the United States three 
constitutional crises have demanded the 
highest statesmanship. At the close of 
the Revolution the united colonies, pov- 
erty stricken, jealous of each other and no 
longer bound by the urgencies of common 
danger, were fast disintegrating. The Articles 
of Confederation had failed ; and there was 
no sovereign government. 

In this exigency Alexander Hamilton began 
the movement for a firmer union. With 
rare tad, he succeeded in assembling a con- 
vention of the States and to this proposed 
a constitution based on the idea of a strong 
central government. On the rejection of this 
plan, as a whole, he loyally accepted the 
compromise approved by the majority. Through 






148 Class of me 

the "Federalist," with a force and originality 
never surpassed, he expounded its meaning, ex- 
plained its effects, and urged its advantages ; 
and by his influence he contributed, more 
than any other, to its ratification. He so 
interpreted its provisions, breathing into them 
his own spirit, that the constitution, in its 
operation, was more his work than of all 
the others who framed it. The broad patri- 
otism and greatness of the man were never 
better shown than when, putting aside all 
personal pique, he expounded and defended 
forms and principles, which perhaps he feared, 
yet deemed better than existing dissension 
and weakness. 

Hamilton was the leader, the soul, the 
original genius of the formative period of 
our constitution. He was not only a leader 
in creating the convention of '87, not only 
a leader in its deliberations, not only the 
foremost advocate and defender of the pro- 
posed constitution ; but he was the controlling 
spirit of Washington's administration, which 
established the precedents and marked out 
the course of the new government. Each 
succeeding generation has but followed in 
the pathway illumined by his genius, and 
strengthened and adorned the fabric erected 
chiefly by his master hand. 

Washington, Hamilton, and Jefferson, the 
generation that formed the constitution, passed 






Bead Prize Oration 149 

from the stage; the ''era of good feeling" 
came and Went ; and the country entered 
upon the stormiest period of its political 
existence. The conflict again waged round 
the comparatively untried constitution. In 
times of domestic peace and minor political 
dissension it had stood the test ; but now 
the spectre of State sovereignty, the menace 
of disunion, so strong in the convention of 
'87, vigorous in the contest which followed, 
mighty now in the* logic of Calhoun and the 
aggressiveness of slavery — battled boldly for 
constitutional existence. It said : " It is not 
a constitution but a compact." "The States 
are supreme in their sovereignty." The con- 
stitution was at stake ; and again there must 
come a man able to expound its doctrines 
and make it strong to bind the ever increasing 
nation. Ten years before, in the Dartmouth 
College case, Daniel Webster had gained a 
position among the ablest constitutional law- 
yers of his generation. In that case, discussing 
the relations of the general government to 
that of the State, he maintained the sover- 
eignty of the constitution.' Now, with his 
soul fired by the taunts and fallacies of 
Hayne, he combated nullification. His elo- 
quence, making mightier the logic of Hamilton, 
found an echo in the heart of every loyal 
American. His arguments were behind the 
stern vigor of Jackson when he crushed 



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nullification in South Carolina : and his glowing 
words, creating a sentiment for nationality, 
stirred the hearts of those who fought down 
secession and saved the Union, 

The great debate of 1830 left slavery 
untouched : and twenty years later its 
menace again brought conflict. State after 
State had been enrolled in the Union. The 
question was put and must be answered : 
'"Can the constitution, broadening with the 
nation, still keep its grasp and bind into 
one government a people stretching from 
ocean to ocean?*' With time and growth 
the problem had become more difficult. 
Under the constitution, there were two social 
fabrics, two political theories utterly antago- 
nistic. Could they be reconciled and the 
constitution preserved r 

Here Webster erred. His intense love of 
nationality misled him. The slave oligarchy 
frightened him with threats of secession. 
To him there seemed so much at stake that 
he dared not but compromise. 

William H. Seward, calm. able, and with 
a more spiritual vision than his two great 
predecessors, saw not only the conflict 
impending, but where the ultimate right lay. 
Declaring, as a United States senator, that 
" there is a higher law than the constitution " 
to which it must conform, he announced 
the ruling principle of his constitutional career. 



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Later, when the struggle grew fiercer, he 
boldly asserted: "It is an irrepressible con- 
flict between opposing and enduring forces 
; . . and it is the existence of this great 
fact that renders all such pretended compro- 
mises, when made, vain and ephemeral. " 
Strong in his calm foresight, he was enabled, 
as the leader of the Republican party, to 
prepare for the issue, and, as the controlling 
mind in Lincoln's cabinet, to help guide the 
nation to a full constitutional freedom and 
union. His assertion of the "higher law" 
and his recognition of the "irrepressible 
conflict," rank Seward's statesmanship with 
that of our greatest political leaders. 

Hamilton, Webster, and Seward have held 
positions strikingly similar in the progress 
of the nation, yet each had characteristics 
strongly individual. Hamilton was the logical, 
Webster the oratorical, Seward the ethical 
statesman. 

Hamilton saw clearly that no human law 
could be supreme ; for he said: "The sacred 
rights of man . . . can never be erased or 
obscured by mortal power." But this never 
became with him a principle of action. 
With a mind unerringly logical, he wrought 
out the constitutional life and based it on 
the principles of political philosophy. Webster, 
with the logic of a great intellect and the 
sympathy of a great nature, receiving the 



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constitution as it was. emphasized and 
strengthened the principles of liberty and 
union. He stirred the heart of the nation 
to sacrifice. Seward, with a spiritual fore- 
sight beyond those who dealt merely with 
human philosophy, not only perceived the 
■•higher law." but realized it. He reconciled 
the constitution to conscience and made it 
more enduring, while he bowed it to the 
divine law. 

Hamilton loved order and distrusted the 
people : he would have a strong government. 
Webster loved the Union : but forgot the 
universal right of personal freedom : he would 
have preserved the Union at the cost of 
compromise with slavery. Seward feared 
God and loved humanity : he would have 
had God's law supreme and ail men free. 

Seward had neither the genius of Hamilton 
nor the eloquence and sympathy of Webster. 
and he could not have done their work. 
but. combined with an intellect little inferior 
to that of Hamilton and Webster, he pos- 
sessed a moral sensibility beyond either. 

Hamilton's genius lifted him above the 
mass and Webster's sympathetic force led 
him into error. Seward's career is less 
marred by mistakes, because he trod a lower 
path and was guided by a cooler judgment. 

Today. in the opening of our second 
century, our political philosophy is that of 






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153 



Hamilton ; the nation's heart still thrills with 
the eloquent words of Webster, and the 
conscience of a free and united people says 
"Amen" to the lofty utterances of Seward. 








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KTRKCflRD PRTZ€ ORHCTOn 

THE EFFECTS OF THE PHYSICAL 

FEATURES OF PALESTINE ON THE JEWS 

AND THEIR LITERATURE. 

BY DELOS DEWOLF SMYTH. 



ASM PEOPLE unique in history ; a land 
ZH unique among lands ; the Jews, 
£* chosen people of God ; Palestine, 
^^^r home of the Jews ! From a strange 
land has sprung a strange people. Can 
their coincident diversity be fortuitous ? A 
necessary harmony between man and his 
environment may not be proved ; but that 
physical conditions influence man, the con- 
current voices of science and history affirm ; 
and in the peculiarities of Palestine lies the 
secret of much that is peculiar in the Jews. 
True ; only in the infancy of nations is 
this influence efficient. True ; the Jews, 



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contemporaries of Troy and Chaldea. had 
many centuries on their heads ere Palestine 
became their home. But character formed 
in slaver}- will not survive emancipation ; 
and whatever their traits prior to the cap- 
tivity, four centuries amid the flesh-pots of 
Egypt could but vitiate them. Their eman- 
cipation was a new birth. They were stirred 
with the breath of a new life. They entered 
Palestine a nation, where their fathers had 
dwelt as nomad tribes. 

How much depended upon their finding a 
settled home can not be overestimated. Had 
they tarried in the fairer rields east of the 
Jordan, as did Reuben and Gad. their fate 
would have been the fate of these. Never 
emerging from the pastoral state, their identity 
would have been lost in that of those strange, 
phantom-like figures which course the eastern 
plains. 

But it was not to be. In western Palestine 
lay their destiny : and there the wanderers 
found a home, not luxuriant indeed as the 
eastern territory : but in the very ruggedness 
of its fertility fitted for the restoration of a 
debilitated race. With a climate that stimu- 
lated energy, its hills and valleys promised 
abundance to labor : to idleness, nought. 
That dreamy languor, dominating the valleys 
of the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates, 
found no place here : and it is to these 



KirRland Prize Oration 1 59 

Palestinian highlands, that the Jews of today 
owe much of that vigor which distinguishes 
them among Eastern races. 

Had they contrasted their new-found home 
with the scenes of their Egyptian slavery, it 
might, indeed, have seemed bleak and barren. 
But theirs was a generation nurtured in the 
wilderness ; and Palestine an oasis in a desert 
of sand. With the passage of the Red Sea 
still fresh in their memories, with the voice 
from Sinai still thundering in their ears, they 
saw in this narrow district, scarce redeemed 
from the desert by its mountains, a new 
pledge of divine favor ; in its rugged beauty, 
God's smile. Its very narrowness enhanced 
their national pride ; and at the same time 
gave compactness to their social and political 
organization. 

Yet in thought they were not a narrow 
people. From the vantage-ground of their 
highland home they looked beyond those 
narrow limits, out toward the vast empires 
on their northern and southern borders, out 
over the sea, even then whitened by the sails 
of Tarshish. And, as they looked, in their 
hearts the feeling grew, that these boundaries 
were not for always, that for them was a 
broader destiny. 

Set in the very heart of the old world, 
whence in the fullness of time their message 
should spread through the nations, mountain, 



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desert, and sea conspired to keep the jews in 
seclusion. Surrounded by ail the great nations 
of antiquity, nature had guarded them weli 
and they dwelt apart for Centuries. Shut 
within themselves and secure from intrusion, 
they held to their monotheistic faith despite 
their polytheistic surroundings. Here they de- 
veloped the Mosaic law. the foundation of 
their national existence, and from this period 
date those conservative institutions about which 
has clustered the lite of the people. That 
nationality then formed and nxed has stood 
the test of the centuries. Conquered again 
and again, no race has been able to assim- 
ilate them. Scattered to the ends of the 
earth, they retain their essential identity. The 
"Wandering jew" of today is the Jew of 
the morning-time of the nation, marked by 
the very features seen on the sculptures of 
Nineveh. 

Goethe has said, th.it "the jews are distin- 
guished among nations by their steadfastness, 
cohesion, and obstinate toughness" : he should 
have added, intensity. That seclusion which 
gave them persistency of type, at the same 
time accentuated each characteristic. The story 
of the jews is a story throbbing with passion : 
now dark with hate, now bright with the glory 
of heaven. if Shakespeare's Shy lock is true, 
so is the Nathan of Lessing. 

Yes : steadfast, cohesive, intense, thev have 



Kirkland Prise Oration 161 

come down the ages from Palestine ; and 
though skeptics may deny that the land was 
made for the people, that the people were 
made by the land is the verdict of science 
and history. 

But the physical features of Palestine could 
not affect the Jews without affecting their 
literature. Nowhere is the Hebraistic spirit 
as distinct as in the works of their early 
writers ; nowhere is there a literature more 
replete with the imagery of nature. God 
showed Himself to the Jews in the lily of 
the field, in the rose that bloomed in Sharon, 
and what were else abstract and dry, was 
touched with a human sympathy. 

Had the landscape been fairer, they might 
have been beguiled into the bright fields of 
an idealistic mythology. Here there was 
naught to tempt them from their one great 
theme, Divinity. 

Yet phenomena were not wanting to tell 
of might and majesty. Palestine, during the 
occupation of the Jews, had felt the shock 
of earthquakes. Hurricanes had swept those 
hills, followed by lightnings and thunder ; 
and the poetry thus inspired reached the 
acme of power and sublimity. Dante and 
Milton alone compare with those grand old 
Hebrew poets ; and even the works of 
these do but reflect the glory of the originals. 

A land of hills and valleys, it was a land 






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of varied climate ; Hermon crowned with 
eternal snows ; the Jordan bathed in tropical 
sunshine. No district on the face of the 
earth contains so many and such sudden 
transitions ; or could have given the Jews 
such breadth and variety of experience. The 
Koran written in Arabia is eminently a book 
of the Orient. The Scriptures written in 
Palestine have a scope as broad as humanity ; 
their imagery is as apt north as souths in 
Europe as in Asia. 

With the dispersion of the Jews came the 
death-blow of their national literature. Scat- 
tered amid strange lands and peoples, their 
writers have flourished only as they have 
escaped from their nationality. Even the 
Talmud is tinged with a foreign element ; 
while Heine and Disraeli belong, not to 
Jewish literature, but to that of Germany 
and England. 

Yet the heart of the people is still fixed 
on Sion. "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem! 
let my right hand forget her cunning ! " 
sang their sweet singer on the fair Judean 
hills ; and the race has echoed the strain 
through all its weary exile. Still in their 
heart of hearts do they long for the land 
of their fathers ; still undaunted, do they look 
for a national restoration. 

It may be only a dream ; it may be, that 
in His own good time God will restore the 
land to His people. 



KELLOGG PRIZE ORATION 




K6CCO00 PRTZ6 ORJICTOH 

THE FALLEN IDOLS OF THE SOUTH. 

BY JAMES ARTHUR SEAVEY. 

^jttp HE volume in which the Muse of 
A1A history is recording the life story 
J ; | ■ of America contains two pages of 
^^br especial interest. Already they read 
like a romance of long ago. One is the 
record of chivalry blindly clinging to a mis- 
taken principle, of a fair land desolated by 
a fratricidal war, of a people silent and proud 
amid the poverty of ruined homes. The other 
tells of the embers of passion dying away 
on the altar of memory ; of towns rebuilt, 
of rolling rivers bearing on their bosoms the 
mighty argosies of trade, of a people ani- 
mated by a hopeful purpose of a new life. 
It is history's memorial of the Old South and 
the New. 



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But today those pages are draped in mourn- 
ing, and the shadow of sorrow has fallen 
upon every Southern heart. Davis and Grady 
have gone beyond the striving and the toil- 
ing, and the world stands in reverent silence 
by the Southland, as it grieves for its fallen 
idols. 

As the sunset shadows of life's fitful day- 
gathered about the white-haired leader of the 
Confederacy, the Old South watched by his 
bedside. In those hours of its lonely vigil, 
all the sacred memories of the past came 
trooping back again. It remembered how its 
chieftain had once led the forces of a united 
Republic to victory, from the valley of the 
Rio Grande to the heights of Chapultepec. 
It remembered him in the halls of the national 
Congress, and the shining lance he wielded 
in the arena of debate. It remembered his 
brilliant services as cabinet minister. It re- 
membered those four hurtling years, when 
the red wrath of war lighted its camp-fires 
in Dixie and the alarm-bell of battle clanged 
its call to arms. And it remembered how 
his devotion to the Lost Cause remained 
staunch and steadfast, until secession laid down 
its arms beneath the apple blossoms at Ap- 
pomattox. Amid such precious memories, life's 
candles were burning low. and when the 
Confederate chieftain fell into his last long 
sleep, the heart of the Old South was broken 



Kellogg Prize Oration 167 

and the light of its life went out forever. 

When Davis died, the spirit of the Old 
South was crushed. By the side of its 
leader the traditions of its people were buried. 
But the New South, its every pulse thrilling 
with new life, rose up, fair and majestic, to 
receive the mantle of the Old. Henry W. 
Grady was its leader. It was his voice, 
powerful in its eloquence, that should first 
tell to the world that there was a New 
South, "not from protest against the Old, 
but because of new conditions, new feelings, 
new aspirations." 

Full well did Grady know his country and 
its people. He knew that in that land of 
perfume and of flowers there were boundless 
natural resources, whose development would 
bring prosperity and power to the South. 
Dear to him were the homes of the child- 
hood and traditions of his people ; and in 
his heart of hearts he cherished the hope 
that one day he might see the South stand 
with the North — equal in wealth, in intel- 
ligence, and in power. He hoped to see the 
day when the North and South should be 
bound together, not only by constitutional 
provisions, but by those invisible and might- 
ier bonds of kindly fraternal sympathy ; united 
into a common brotherhood of States in 
which all the paths of fame should be open, 
and where the "star of hope might rest 



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above the cradle of the poor man's babe. " 

But when he seemed surest in this hope, 
in the full tide of years made joyous by a 
labor of love, he paused by the wayside 
and, "using his burden for a pillow, fell 
into a dreamless sleep." Where the waves 
of the blue Atlantic first sang their cradle 
song of American liberty, within sight of 
Bunker Hill and the Old Green at Lexing- 
ton, with all the inspiration of Faneuil Hall 
and the Old South Church falling about 
him, Grady laid down his life for the 
country and people so dear to him. 

"Tell mother to pray for me," he said 
at the last, " and if I die, tell her I die 
while trying to serve the South, the land 
I love so well." As the Christmas bells 
chimed forth their anthem of good-will to 
men, they lovingly laid the great-hearted 
Grady to rest under the shadow of his native 
Georgia pines. 

The name of Davis suggests a retrospect 
clouded by visions of war, of bloodshed, and 
of the darkest hours of our national life. In 
Grady was embodied all that was noblest and 
best in the Southern people. At Davis's death, 
the South mourned alone. When Grady died, 
a mighty nation wept by his bier. 

Better far, for you, O Southland, could you 
forget that page of your history that bears 
Davis's name ! For it must bring to you, as 






KellOdg Prize Oration 



169 



it does to us, recolle&ions of those years, 
when "not a morning wore to evening, 
but some heart did break." But Grady, 
remember him as the prophet of all you 
hope to be ! Smile through your tears, and 
behold the rainbow of promise already gild- 
ing the horizon of your future ! And when 
that future shall have become the present, 
the memory of Grady will still shed its 
perfume in your hearts — a "forget-me-not 
from the angels." 



VALEDICTORY ORATION 










UJIC6DTCC0RV ORflCTOH 

THE PRESENT LOW ESTIMATE OF THE 
INDIVIDUAL. 

BY LINCOLN ABRAHAM GROAT. 




press 



ISTORY thus far has been that of 
individuals who have not only de- 
viated from anything like a com- 
mon type, but have left their im- 
upon the world instead of being 
moulded by it. 

The history of Greece and Rome is the 
history of heroes and sages ; and those blank 
pages, called the dark ages in history, what 
are they but the records of peoples of a com- 
mon type, with no unique character towering 
above the mists of superstition, and revealing 
in the clear sunlight the strength and beauty 
of our humanity. In spite of its faults, we 
hail the lofty independence and manly self- 



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reliance of feudalism as the salvation of 
society ; and proudly attribute the marked 
superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race to its 
intense individuality. The source of every 
grand achievement in the world's progress 
can be traced dire&Iy to a Luther, a Shakes- 
peare, a Columbus, or a Washington. 

As we study the structure of modern social 
life, with its far-reaching organization, in- 
tense concentration, and subtle compulsion of 
individual will and purpose, we are forced 
to consider these questions: Is individuality 
losing its crown ? Is the attitude of modern 
life friendly or hostile to the highest and truest 
individual development ? 

We must admit the last fifty years have 
witnessed a strong reaction against the intense 
individualism of the past. The structure of 
modern society tends to suppress rather than 
encourage originality and diversity of thought, 
character, and pursuit ; to make history, 
henceforth, that of common rather than un- 
common men. 

Notwithstanding the beautiful imagery of 
equality and universal brotherhood woven 
about modern socialistic theories, they contain 
serious defecls. The strong individual out- 
lines that distinguish the ages of mighty 
effort and great achievement, that marked 
men and women as the " chosen heroes" 
of earth, have vanished; today, men "born 



Ualedictory Oration 175 

originals, die imitations." 

We boast of our industrial progress, at- 
tained through invention and the division of 
labor, yet the present is not an age of in- 
vention but of modification, and our labor 
system degrades men to the level of an un- 
intelligent, unthinking force. We are proud 
of the increasing influence of the working- 
man, yet nearly every manifestation of that 
power has been a witness to the loss of the 
independence and manly self-reliance, which 
is the crown and dignity of labor. We 
glory in an enlightened public opinion, but 
is that an enlightened public opinion which 
makes the terms, " fanatic," "hypocrite," 
"crank," synonymous with originality, fidelity 
to principle, manliness ? that would substitute 
popular favor for conscience ? Granting all 
the good it has wrought, modern public 
opinion must be held responsible for our 
time-serving legislators, the imperfect admin- 
istration of justice by our courts, the hesi- 
tating and apologetic tone of the pulpit. In 
literature alone do we demand originality ; but 
alas, the socialistic spirit has dried up the 
"fountains of song" and sapped the vitality 
of creative thought. 

Our social philosophy is at fault. We de- 
nounce the pagan theory, that "man is made 
for the state," yet practice the same idea. 
The fact that each has an individual person- 



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ality, a distinct plan in life. God-devised and 

God-given, is forgotten. Mtdero. szciety 
judges everything by its present convenience 

ana utility. ana is maiffere t: :: sa :so t- 
tiai realities and permanent results. Such 
will not be the eriut of future generations; 
the decisive tes: :: time will n:t ire made 
by the transitory standards of wealth and 
warehouses. Posterity will judge our day 
and ueoenouo by us lasting pmdact. the 

The present l:w estimate :■:" the individual 
marks the declining power :: a vital prin- 
:mle :■: Christianity. Paganism uesr ises tne 
individual : Christianity exalts and ennobles 
him. The power of the Christian religion is 
in its personal appeal and personal sanctions. 
Thrcagh the individual came revelation and 
redemption ; :: him we :we ell that is 
worthiest in the past : in aim :s :ur here 
for the future. 



scorn restrain: and defy force. But tan dark- 
ness withstand light: C:.-. error resist truth: 
Shall n:t the wisdom, that laid the fcunclatuns 
;-' the earth anal a'thed the heavens, reveal. 
in the fullness ::" time, t: a waiting and 
exnedtant humanitv, toe harmonv of the divine 



plan that 

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Maledictory Oration 177 

whole, yet differing, "as one star differeth 
from another star in glory." 

Ladies and Gentlemen, Citizens of Clinton : 
For four years we have enjoyed the pleasure 
of your society and shared in the intellectual 
advantages of your beautiful village. Ever 
have you manifested in us a kindly interest ; 
sympathized with us in our defeats ; rejoiced 
with us in our victories. It is with grateful 
hearts we acknowledge our many obligations 
to you all. 

Today you have gathered to witness our 
commencement. For the inspiration and 
encouragement of your presence, we extend 
our hearty thanks ; and trust that your 
fondest hopes and highest anticipations have 
been fully realized. As we depart, we bear 
with us, of Clinton and its citizens, none 
but the most pleasant memories, which shall 
ever render bright and happy the fond 
recollections of our college days. 

Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees : 
To your honorable body is entrusted the 
duty of guarding the interests of our beloved 
college. For all the wisdom of your counsels, 
for every earnest effort for the promotion of 
her interests, we express our deepest grati- 
tude. We rejoice at the recent evidences 
of your more careful study of the interests 



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: mo-re zea.aus errz-rts to 

We trust that you may 

your duty; and that 

nthusiastk efforts in her 

: future, achieve for the 
sd :: your care, a still 

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P-.z.s::_N7 Jaf.l:s:- : With y:a. honored 
sir. :ur relatir-r.s hive beer: of an intimate 
::o rle.Saht character. You have ever 
possessed :or fogies: ;:z::ae-;z we hive 
looked to you as the protect :r our Interests, 
the guide :•: :ur college lives. in y:-u we 
have ever fcana a friend ready :: encourage 
'■'■■ . t h .-. i r . c . '• '"'• _■ r a . t . a^ > : i t v< : t n prudent 
counsel. Year person;;'. ihterest in car 
individual welfare has won :ar affection ana 

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natures, given as directucu .na support, in 
every relaticr .s instructor, paster, friend. 
we rave found you indulgent, earnest, aha 
faithful. Your memcrv we shall fondlv 






Uakdictory Oration 179 

cherish and recall, with pleasure, your kind- 
ness to us all. 

Gentlemen of the Faculty : With patience, 
earnestness and diligence, you have endeavored 
to impart to us the truths of learning, to 
awaken within us a love of knowledge, 
and fit us for the duties of life. You have 
furnished us with pure and lofty ideals, and 
assisted us in acquiring the power to attain 
them. You have taught us how to remove 
or surmount the difficulties of learning 
and of life. Nobly, have you performed 
your part, and if we enter life imperfe&ly 
equipped, the responsibility is ours. The 
extent of our obligations to you, we can 
never fully realize ; but now, and ever 
would we proudly acknowledge the debt 
we owe. 

Classmates : As a college class, we are 
met together for the last time. It is a 
moment of mingled joy and sorrow. Joy 
that the goal is reached, the race finished ; 
sorrow that the pleasures of college life are 
over, that its pleasant associations must be 
broken, and those bound together by the 
strongest ties of friendship and fraternal 
affection soon must part. 

For four years our lives have had a 
common aim ; we have been actuated by 






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common hopes and fears. Neither discord 
nor dissension have ever marred the harmony 
of our college life. In all our rivalries, we 
have been generous and chivalric : no boast- 
ing in victory or rejoicing at defeat. A 
spirit of mutual respect and confidence has 
ever kept us harmonious and united. 

To the college we have been devoted 
and loyal : every worthy effort to extend 
her influence, or increase her fame, has met 
with our earnest and enthusiastic support. 
In our record, as a class, we may justly 
take an honest pride. 

As we separate today, let each bear with 
him none but the pleasantest memories of 
our college life : if there is ought that is 
dark and bitter, may it be left behind. If 
the hopes and ambitions of any have not 
been realized, let it be forgotten. Have any 
personal animosities arisen, bury them with 
the past. Let the same fraternal spirit and 
brotherly affection which has characterized 
our college days distinguish our after-life. 
Amid the struggles of life, let our alma 
mater never be forgotten : may we ever 
strive to maintain her honor and promote 
her interests. 

In parting, classmates. I will not say 
good-bv. but farewell until we meet again. 



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